Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physics and chemistry of nuclear medicine -- Basic physics and radiation safety in nuclear medicine -- Radiopharmacy: basics -- Technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals -- Radiopharmaceutical quality control -- PET chemistry: an introduction -- PET chemistry: radiopharmaceuticals -- Dosimetry and radiation biology -- Radiation dosimetry: definitions and basic quantities -- Radiation dosimetry: formulations, models, and measurements -- Radiobiology: concepts and basic principles -- SPECT and PET imaging instrumentation -- Elements of gamma camera and SPECT systems -- Positron emission tomography (PET): basic principles -- Image analysis, reconstruction and quantitation in nuclear medicine -- Fundamentals of image processing in nuclear medicine -- Emission tomography and image reconstruction -- Quantitative SPECT imaging -- Quantitative cardiac SPECT imaging -- Tracer kinetic modeling: basics and concepts -- Tracer kinetic modeling: methodology and applications -- Pre-clinical imaging -- Preclinical imaging.