Scintigraphy of Inflammation with Nanometer-sized Colloidal Tracers

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1: Introduction and Problem Formulation.
• 2: The Pathophysiology of Inflammatory Processes.
• 3: Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging Inflammatory Processes.
• 67Ga and 111In.
• 111In-labelled leukocytes.
• Other labelled leukocytes.
• 99mTc-labelled compounds.
• 4: Scintigraphy and other Diagnostic Modalities: Literature Review.
• 5: Characteristics of the Alternative Radiopharmaceutical.
• 6: Animal Experiments.
• 7: Clinical Studies.
• 8: Summary and Conclusions.
• Appendix A: Detailed Description of the Investigational Protocol.
• Appendix B: Summary of the Advantages offered by Nanocolloid.
• References.