Radioactive Isotopes in the Localization of Tumours

Radioactive Isotopes in the Localization of Tumours covers the proceedings of the 1967 International Nuclear Medicine Symposium, held at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, organized by the Institute of Cancer Research in association with the Royal Marsden Hospital. This book is composed of three parts encompassing 40 chapters. After an introduction to the principles of scanning and physical problems, this book goes on describing the physical aspects of mechanical scanning systems, collimators, cameras, autofluorescope, and photoscanner. The second part reviews the radioactive materials for tumor localization. This part specifically examines the technique of regional oxygenation, mercury-197 chlormerodrin, and TRIGA reactor. The third part is devoted to the clinical aspects of tumor diagnosis. This book is of value to physicists, engineers, chemists, and clinicians.

ForewordList of ContributorsReview LecturesChapter 1 Principles of Scanning and Current Physical ProblemsChapter 2 Medical Potentialities of Small CyclotronsPart I - Physical Aspects Chapter 3 Mechanical Scanning Systems - Rapporteur Report Chapter 4 New Instrumentation for Positron Scanning Chapter 5 Design and Performance of the Dynapix Chapter 6 Investigations of Collimator Performance - Rapporteur Report Chapter 7 Cameras and Other Imaging Devices - Rapporteur Report Chapter 8 Tumor Localization with the Digital Autofluoroscope Chapter 9 The Evaluation of an Image Intensifier Isotope Camera Chapter 10 Clinical Applications of an Image Converter Tube Gamma Camera Chapter 11 Display and Analysis - Rapporteur Report Chapter 12 A Versatile Instrument for Photoscan Analysis Which Produces Color Display from Black and White Photoscans Chapter 13 Spark Chambers and Image Intensifiers Chapter 14 Tumor Localization by Scintiscanning Technique: Digital Computer Processing Chapter 15 A Universal Multifunction Computer Interface System for Rectilinear ScannersPart II - Radioactive Materials in the Investigation of Tumors Chapter 16 Radiopharmaceuticals for Tumor Localization - Rapporteur Report Chapter 17 Distribution of Radionuclide-Labeled Proteins in an Experimental Tumor System Chapter 18 Current Techniques Employing Regional Oxygenation as a Means to Enhance the Localization of Radioisotopes in Brain Tumors Chapter 19 Recent Developments in New Agents, Instrumentation and Techniques for Tumor Localization Chapter 20 Mercury-197 Chloromerodrin in the Localization of Extracranial Tumors Chapter 21 The Use of a Triga Reactor in a Nuclear Medical DepartmentPart III - Clinical Aspects (a) Thyroid and Parathyroid Chapter 22 The Examination of Thyroid Carcinoma Chapter 23 Thyroid and Parathyroid - Rapporteur Report Chapter 24 The Contribution of Suppression Scanning to the Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules for Cancer Chapter 25 Parathyroid Scintiscanning: Progress and Problems (b) Bone Chapter 26 Bone Scanning - Rapporteur Report Chapter 27 Detection of Occult Bone Metastases of Breast Cancer at the Time of Radical Mastectomy by Photoscanning with Strontium-85 Chapter 28 Bone Scanning with Strontium-87m Using Total Information Storage and Controlled Retrieval (c) Soft Tissues Chapter 29 Soft Tissue Scanning - Rapporteur Report Chapter 30 Lymph Node Scanning - Rapporteur Report Chapter 31 Indirect Lymphography: a Physiological Method of Investigating Lymph Nodes Chapter 32 Liver Examination in Cancer Patients with Scanner and Gamma Camera Using Rose Bengal-131I as a Tracer Chapter 33 Spleen Scanning as an Aid to Tumor Diagnostics Chapter 34 Radioisotope Techniques for Evaluation of Pulmonary Pathology Chapter 35 Radioisotope Scanning in Lung Cancer Chapter 36 Apparatus for Administration of Radioactive Aerosols for Scintigraphy of the Lungs (d) Brain Tumors Chapter 37 Brain Tumor Detection - Rapporteur Report Chapter 38 RIHSA Myelography: a Method in the Diagnosis of Space Occupying Intraspinal Lesions Chapter 39 A Comparison of Two Radioisotopic Techniques in Brain Diseases: Gamma Encephalography with RIHSA and Cerebral Scanning with 99mTc Pertechnetate Chapter 40 Comparison of the Scintillation Camera with a Rectilinear Scanner for Evaluation of Brain PathologySubject IndexAuthor Index