With the occurrence of the three major nuclear accidents, nuclear safety issues have
become the lifeblood for nuclear power development in the world. Understanding the history …

Carrying on the tradition established by its founding editor, the late Dr. Martin Abeloff, the 4th
Edition of this respected reference synthesizes all of the latest oncology knowledge in one …

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine Vol. 27 (Supplement), January 2000–© Springer-
Verlag 2000 a matter of weeks the discovery of X-rays and the discovery of radioactivity had …

This series of books on Radiotracers in Biology and Medicine is on the one hand an
unbelievably expansive enterprise and on the other hand, a most noble one as well. Tools to …

During a period of a little over ninety years, the use of radioactive materials has moved from
the discovery of natural radioactivity by Becquerel to the use of highly sophisticated …

An unexpected image made by an invisible beam precipitated the discovery of Xrays in the
waning days of the 19th century. The usefulness and dangers of this new discovery soon …

The modern disciplines of nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and therapeutic radi-:
ology each have their scientific foundations in the early history of the modern scientists …

This paper comprehensively examines Antoine Henri Becquerel's discovery of radioactivity
in 1896, a groundbreaking scientific advancement often viewed through serendipity. This …

Résumé La médecine nucléaire constitue une des plus anciennes modalités de l'imagerie
médicale actuelle. Son histoire est intimement liée à celles de la radioactivité (naturelle puis …

Epithelial tissues play many roles in maintaining homeostasis of the human body. These
tissues separate the body from the external environment (eg, skin which protects the body) …