Radionuclide and Hybrid Bone Imaging
The accurate identification of pathology in the skeleton is an extremely important goal, and the great strength of the radionuclide bone scan is its ability to identify functional change before structural change occurs. Over the years, the indications for
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Ignac Fogelman Gopinath Gnanasegaran Hans Van der Wall Editors
Radionuclide and Hybrid Bone Imaging
Editors Ignac Fogelman Department of Nuclear Medicine Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust Foundation London UK
Hans Van der Wall Department Nuclear Medicine Concord Nuclear Imaging Concord West New South Wales Australia
Gopinath Gnanasegaran Department of Nuclear Medicine Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust Foundation London UK
ISBN 978-3-642-02399-6 ISBN 978-3-642-02400-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-02400-9 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Foreword
It is truly a pleasure to provide some introductory remarks for this text on radionuclide and hybrid bone imaging. I have known Ignac Fogelman and Hans Van der Wall for almost 20 years. We share a deep interest in Nuclear Medicine and also in fine wine and good food. I have had many pleasant meals and tasted many good wines with Ignac and Hans in London, Sydney and the United States. I look forward to many more. Both of the senior editors have achieved impressive curricula vitae and both are at the peak of their careers. They have accomplished in this short time more than
