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...

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...

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

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......becoming more and more frequently used by nuclear medicine leaders, scientists and industry leaders...reconfiguring their organizations, many nuclear medicine physicians are contending that nuclear medicine needs to integrate with other specialties...

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...

Nuclear Medicine Board Review: Questions and Answers for Self-Assessment

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  November 1, 2007 ;     560 words ...Nuclear Medicine Board Review: Questions and Answers for...York, NY; Thieme, 2007, 150 pages, $39.95 Nuclear medicine has continuously evolved since the first edition of Nuclear Medicine Board Review was published in 1998. The...

Increasing Nuclear Medicine Residency Training Requirements: For Better or...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......forward to increase the duration of the nuclear medicine residency and implement a 3-tier residency...includes increasing the length of the nuclear medicine residency from 3 to 4 years (1 basic clinical year [PGY-1] plus 3 years of nuclear medicine) for medical graduates fresh out ...

In memoriam: I.P.C. Murray, MD, Australian nuclear medicine pioneer

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Murray, the grandfather of Australian nuclear medicine, died on December 6,2000, after a...the first Australian department of nuclear medicine. He remained director of the department...Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine (ANZSNM) and the founding president...

One additional year of training in nuclear medicine: Will it help or hurt?

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...An extension of training in nuclear medicine from the current 2 to 3 years has...it will result in better-trained nuclear medicine physicians more likely to gain the...which we can easily agree. A number of nuclear medicine training program directors, therefore...