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A LOOK AT MEDICAL IMAGING TRENDS THROUGH THE EYES OF A MEDICAL DOCTOR

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Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications

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Abstract

This article is dedicated to the different aspects concerning the development of nuclear medicine, with radionuclide diagnostics as its main part. The short history, levels, and branches of development are shown in the paper. The author makes the claim that nuclear medicine is a particular science, which is not connected with technical progress, development of the latest technology in chemistry, physics, and engineering. The peculiarities of nuclear medicine in comparison with other diagnostic methods, such as X-ray technology, ultrasonic research, computer and magnetic-resonance tomography are depicted. Perspectives concerning the medical science are also portrayed: Further improving of image quality, synthesis of the new radiopharmaceuticals, creation of the new techniques and modern multimodal diagnostic systems, etc.

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  1. Institute of Neurosurgery n. acad. A. Romodanov AMS of Ukraine, Manuilskogo 5, Kyiv, 04050, Ukraine

    Sergiy S Makeyev

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  1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    Stefaan Tavernier

  2. Institute for Scintillation Materials, Kharkov, Ukraine

    Alexander Gektin

  3. Institute for Scintillation Materials, Kharkov, Ukraine

    Boris Grinyov

  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A

    William W. Moses

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Makeyev, S.S. (2006). A LOOK AT MEDICAL IMAGING TRENDS THROUGH THE EYES OF A MEDICAL DOCTOR. In: Tavernier, S., Gektin, A., Grinyov, B., Moses, W.W. (eds) Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications. NATO Security through Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5093-3_1

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