Nuclear Medicine pioneers: Henry N. Wagner, Jr., MD

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......neatly spans nuclear medicine's "second fifty...origins of nuclear medicine as a defined...like his own Johns Hopkins, where he continues...applications of nuclear medicine to pulmonary...enrolled at Johns Hopkins University...responded 'nuclear ...

Nuclear medicine in the 21st century: Integration with other specialties

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......frequently used by nuclear medicine leaders, scientists...organizations, many nuclear medicine physicians are contending that nuclear medicine needs to integrate...demand for nuclear medicine procedures...In essence, nuclear medicine can no ...

Nuclear medicine pioneer: John G McAfee, MD

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  November 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......resident at Johns Hopkins. "We Had Lots...absence from Johns Hopkins to investigate...discovering" nuclear medicine at Hammersmith...returned to Johns Hopkins simultaneouslyWagner...the first nuclear medicine facility at Johns Hopkins in ...

John G. McAfee; Longtime Nuclear Medicine Specialist

The Washington Post;  August 29, 2008 ;     525 words ......McAfee, 82, a nuclear medicine specialist whose...the mid-1990s. Nuclear medicine uses radioactive...he started at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore...co-founded its first nuclear medicine facility. Dr. McAfee believed nuclear medicine bridged the ...

Wolfgang Becker: Perspectives on nuclear medicine in Europe

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......president of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). As a professor of nuclear medicine at the University Hospital of Gottingen...illuminate the challenges shared by nuclear medicine specialists around the world. Becker...

Nuclear Medicine in Europe

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The practice of nuclear medicine in Europe is as variable as...delivery of medicine, including nuclear medicine. Let me stress at the outset...independent national journals of nuclear medicine. At the same time, the success...

Looking ahead to government regulation and response in nuclear medicine

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......same old problems. The practice of nuclear medicine depends on many things, but the two basic facts essential to the survival of nuclear medicine are that isotopes must be available...costs hospitals more to perform a nuclear medicine procedure than they can expect to...

Nuclear medicine revealed: improved radioactive isotopes and new hybrid...

24x7;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to mind. Often overlooked is nuclear medicine. Not as visible as most other imaging modalities, nuclear medicine involves the use of radioactive...primarily used for diagnosis, nuclear medicine is used for both the diagnosis...

Ahead of the curve or out of the loop? Ten challenges to nuclear medicine...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......and hospital information systems, nuclear medicine specialists worked with computers...electronically interconnected, however, many nuclear medicine departments have lagged behind imaging...Medicine and chief of radiology and nuclear medicine for the Veterans Affairs Maryland...

Proposal to increase nuclear medicine residency program for 2 to 3 years

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Nuclear medicine is an evolving field of medicine...MRI images. All these aspects of nuclear medicine have been in existence for several...standard clinical repertoire that every nuclear medicine physician must be able to do well...

Nuclear Medicine Scientists: Findings and Recommendations Based on a 2006...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Nuclear medicine science is a critical foundation for the entire field of molecular imaging and nuclear medicine practice. Rapid evolution in the field makes the seminal contributions of nuclear medicine scientists even more important, because...

Lee revises, rewrites Computers in Nuclear Medicine for SNM

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 2003 ;     678 words ......noted that, at the time, for many nuclear medicine practitioners, the computer remained...The resulting book, Computers in Nuclear Medicine: A Practical Approach (New York, NY: Society of Nuclear Medicine; 1991), became a widely used guide...

The Annual Newsline Review: The State of Nuclear Medicine

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  February 1, 2004 ;     510 words ......equipment, and greater integration of nuclear medicine services with clinical medicine than...a vital hallmark of our expanding nuclear medicine community. Physicists are helping...course, who now derive the benefit of nuclear medicine imaging and therapy techniques developed...

SNM Updates Clinician's Guide to Nuclear Medicine

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  September 1, 2006 ;     542 words ......edition of A Clinician's Guide to Nuclear Medicine, the best-selling introductory reference...diagnostic and therapeutic uses of nuclear medicine procedures. With updated text, images...up-to-date clinician's guide that puts nuclear medicine practice in perspective," said H...

Nuclear medicine's educational future: Good news, bad news

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......of times; it is the worst of times. Nuclear medicine, in a global sense, is thriving. New...papers published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In the last few years, there has...necessarily bad. It may indicate that nuclear medicine is now truly becoming a global specialty...