These proceedings deal with the future prospective of nuclear medicine in various disciplines such as Neurology, Cardiology and Oncology. Nuclear medicine is now shifting from functional, metabolic imaging to molecular imaging. Molecular imaging by labelled compounds has a brilliant future in the era of gene therapy. In conclusion, we may say that the future of nuclear medicine is still scintillating!
Preface. Introduction. (T. Nishimura, H.W. Strauss). Section 1:
Nuclear medicine in the 21st Century. Quantitative nuclear medicine (T.
Nishimura). Nuclear medicine - the past predicts a bright future (C. Mari, H.
W. Strauss). Development of radiopharmaceuticals based on the knowledge of
molecular biology (Y. Fujibayashi, A. Waki). Gamma camera-based PET inverse
treatment planning for head and neck cancer using hybrid imiging
instrumentation and IMRT (C. Scarfone et al.). Nuclear medicine in the next
decade (EANM Working Party et al.). Section 2: Nuclear neurolog. y Nuclear
neuroimaging in the 21st Century (Y. Yonekura). PET and SPECT imaging of
dementia - past, present and future (S. Minoshima). Determination of EC/IC
bypass candidate by quatitative CBF measurement with by 0-15 brain PET and
I-123 IMP brain SPECT (K. Hayashida et al.). Section 3: Nuclear cardiology.
Recent progress in nuclear cardiology (H. Schelbert). Radionuclide imaging
for detection of infarction and ischemia in patients with acute chest pain
(B.G. Abbott, F.J. Th. Wackers). Clinincal utilities of single-photon
biochemical tracers in estimating pathophysiologic processes in heart
failure:123I-BMIPP and 123I-MIBG (Y. Ishida et al.). Section 4: Nuclear
oncology. Recent developments and future aspects of nuclear medicine in
oncology (H. Fukuda, K. Kubota). Gamma camera coincidence imaging in oncology
(A.K. Paul, M. Tatsumi, T. Nishimura). Future of radionuclide therapy (M.
Fischer, W. Beck). The scintillating future of nuclear medicine general
nuclear medicine: pulmonary (K.Suga). Section 5: General nuclear medicine.
Clinical application and recent progress of nuclear endocrinology (K.
Kasagi). Nuclear gastroenterology (T. Kasagi). Present and future of nuclear
nephro-urology (T. Inoue, N. Oriuchi, K. Endo). Atheroscselerosis and
thrombus (I. Carrio).
