The second edition of this definitive textbook of nuclear medicine has been completely revised and updated. The addition of 11 brand new chapters addresses the increased role of nuclear medicine in neurologic and psychiatric diagnosis and in tumour diagnosis and therapy. As in the first edition, the editors have recruited 150 internationally renowned experts to focus on the way in which radionuclide procedures are applied to a diagnostic problem. The text is again divided into eight sections covering all major daily systems where this technology is useful: bone in joints, heart and venous system, kidneys, brain, and the digestive system - as well as tumours and acute conditions body-wide such as infections and blood clots. Features: * Authoritative and comprehensive guide to solve problems and answer questions that arise in daily clinical practice. * Expanded coverage of nuclear medicine's role in the diagnosis of neurological/psychiatric disorders. * Most up-to-date coverage of role of radionuclide agents for therapeutic treatment of tumours. * Only book to address the role of economics and to provide practitioners with detailed information of the cost benefits of nuclear medicine as a diagnostic tool. * Increased correlation with other imaging modalities to further enhance the clinical relevance of the material.