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VOLUME 1

Lesson 1

An Update of Radiopharmaceuticals for Renal Imaging and Function Studies

Lesson 2

Technetium Agents and Thallium for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Lesson 3

Radiolabeled Red Blood Cells: Methods and Mechanism

Lesson 4

Low-level exposure to Ionizing Radiation:  Current Concepts and Concerns for Nuclear Pharmacists

Lesson 5

Scintigraphy of the GI Tract

Lesson 6

Current Status of Radiolabeled Antibodies for Imaging and Therapy

VOLUME 2

Lesson 1

Radionuclide Therapy of Painful Osseous Metastases

Lesson 2

Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging of Infectious and Inflammatory Lesions

Lesson 3

A Review of Radiopharmaceutical Formulation Problems and their Clinical manifestations

Lesson 4

How to Prepare for and successfully Complete an NRC Inspection:  A Review for Nuclear Pharmacists

Lesson 5

Radiopharmaceuticals for Clinical PET:  Formulation and QC, Regulatory Issues and Professional Responsibilities

Lesson 6

Diagnostic Imaging of Colorectal Carcinoma with Radiolabeled MoAb

VOLUME 3

Lesson 1

Radiopharmaceuticals for the Diagnosis of Psychiatric Illness

Lesson 2

Application of Pharmacokinetic Methods to Radiopharmacists

Lesson 3

Radiopharmaceutical for the Scintigraphic Assessment of Hepatobiliary Function

Lesson 4

Pulmonary Localization of Non-solid-Particle Radiopharmaceuticals:  Clinical, Anatomic, Functional, and Therapeutic Implications

Lesson 5

An Update of Miniaturized Chromatography procedures for New Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 6

Pharmacologic Enhancement of Radioimmunotherapy

VOLUME 4

Lesson 1

Use of Alpha and Beta Emitting Radionuclides for the Treatment of Cancer

Lesson 2

Factors to consider when Selecting Radiopharmaceuticals Dosages for Dx procedures

Lesson 3

A Comparison of Tc-99m Labeled Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging of the CNS

Lesson 4

The Current Status of Radiolabeled Peptides for Imaging and Therapy

Lesson 5

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Using Nuclear Medicine Imaging Techniques

Lesson 6

Drug-Radiopharmaceutical Interactions:  A Review of the Concept and an Update of Selected Literature (1990-1995)

VOLUME 5

Lesson 1

Radionuclide Generator Systems for Nuclear Medicine

Lesson 2

The Chemistry of Tc-99m Labeled Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 3

Adverse Reactions Associated with Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 4

Pyrogen and Sterility Testing of Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 5

Pharmaceutical Care:  SOAPing a Consult in Dx Imaging

Lesson 6

Potential Applications of PET in Drug Development

VOLUME 6

Lesson 1

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

Lesson 2

Literature Evaluation for Nuclear Phamacists and Nuclear Medicine Professionals

Lesson 3

Internal Radiation Dosimetry; Principles, Applications and Reseources

Lesson 4

Functional Brain Imaging Using PET

Lesson 5

DOT Regulations Pertinent to Nuclear Pharmacy

Lesson 6

Design, Development, Evaluation and Approval of New Radiopharmaceuticals

VOLUME 7

Lesson 1

Production of Medical Radionuclides

Lesson 2

Drugs Used as Interventional Agents in Nuclear Medicine

Lesson 3

Comparison of Radiopharmaceuticals Used in Myocardial Imaging

Lesson 4

A Review of Selected Radiopharmaceuticals Approved During 1996-97

Lesson 5

Use of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in PET - Part I

Lesson 6

An Update on Thrombus Imaging 

VOLUME 8

Lesson 1

Development and Use of Radiolabeled Peptides as Therapeutic Agents

Lessons 2 & 3

Evaluating the Medical Literature:  Application to Dx Medicine

Lesson 4

Clinical and Pharmacoeconomic Considerations in the Treatment of Metastatic Bone Cancer

Lesson 5

Radiation Safety Issues Related to NM and Pregnant Patients

Lesson 6

Breast Cancer Dx And Tx

VOLUME 9

Lesson 1

Current Practice for the Release of Patients Administered Radioactive Materials

Lesson 2

Lung Cancer Classification, Staging and Diagnosis

Lesson 3

Recent Advances in Nuclear Medicine Imaging Technology

Lesson 4

Current Advances in Prostate Brachytherapy

Lesson 5

The Treatment of Low-Grade B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas with Radiopharmaceuticals

VOLUME 10

Lesson 1

Radiopharmaceuticals and Dialysis

Lesson 2

A Primer on Parenteral Radiopaque Contrast Agents

Lessons 3 & 4

The Role of Gamma Scintigraphy in the Study of Drug Delivery

Lesson 5

Advances in PET Imaging

VOLUME 11

Lesson 1

Preparation and Dispensing Problems Associated with Technetium Tc-99m Radiopharmaceuticals

Lessons 2 & 3

Primer on Cardiac Imaging

Lesson 4

Drug-Induced Changes in Radiopharmaceutical Biodistributions

Lesson 5

Radiation Protection and Radiation Measurement Issues with Non-Traditional Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 6

Lymphoscinitigraphy and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Staging of Cancer

VOLUME 12

Lesson 1

Radiolabeled Red Blood Cells: Method and Mechanisms

Lesson 2

Update on Department of Transportation Regulations

Lesson 3

Technetium Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry

Lesson 4

Pharmaceutical Care & FDG Imaging

VOLUME 13

Lesson 1

Clinical Applications of Myocardial Perfusion Spect and Myocardial Perfusion Spect Protocols

Lesson 2

Interventional Agents in Stress

Lesson 3

Pet Assessment of Cardiac Function: Current & Prospective Radiopharmaceuticals, and Clinical Applications

Lesson 4

The Bio-Organometallic Chemistry of Technetium and Rhenium: Fundamental Concepts and Applications for the Design of Molecular Imaging and Therapy Agents

Lesson 5

Inorganic Chemistry: Fundamental Principals as Applied to the Development and Application of Metallorariopharmaceuticals

Lesson 6

USP Chapter <797> Pharmaceutical Compounding —Sterile Preparations Potential Impact on Handling Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 7

Low Level Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: Current Concepts and Concerns for Nuclear Pharmacists

Lesson 8

Basics of Pharmacogenomics for the Nuclear Pharmacists

VOLUME 14

Lesson 1

Meeting Critical Radioisotope Needs in a World Concerned about Nuclear Terrorism

Lesson 2

Development of 18F and 11C PET Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 3

Analytical Methods used in the Quality Control of PET Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 4

Imaging Technology Changing Cancer Therapy

Lesson 5

Bacterial Endotoxin Test and Sterility Test for Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 6

Internal dose Assessment in Nuclear Medicine

Lesson 7

Nanotechnology in Nuclear Medicine

VOLUME 15

Lesson 1

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Lesson 2

Evolution of PET Radiochemistry: Synthesis and Clinical Application of Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 3

Quality Control of Compounded Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 4

The Science of Measurement: A Primer on Radioactivity Dose Calibrators

Lesson 5

A Primer for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Disease

VOLUME 16

Lesson 1

An Update of Miniaturized Chromatography procedures for newer Radiopharmaceuticals

Lesson 2

Clinical Trials Network and the [18F] FLT Demonstration Project

Lesson 3

Patient Safety and Compliance Issues with the Medication Use System in Radiology

Lesson 4

Mechanisms of Radiopharmaceutical Localization

Lesson 5

Practical Aspects of labeling DTPA- and DOTA-Peptides with 90Y, 111In, 177Lu, and 68Ga for Peptide-Receptor Scintigraphy and Peptide-Receptor Radionuclide Therapy in Preclinical and Clinical Applications

VOLUME 17

Lesson 1

Introduction to Diagnostic and Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies

 Lesson 2

Radiopharmaceuticals for Planar and SPECT Brain Imaging

 Lesson 3

The Fundamental Principles of Compartmental Pharmacokinetics Illustrated by Radiopharmaceuticals Commonly Used in Nuclear Medicine

 Lesson 4

Ventilation/perfusion lung scintigraphy: What is still needed? A review considering technetium-99m-labeled macro-aggregates of albumin

 Lesson 5

Evaluating the Medical Literature Part 1: Basic Principles

2014

Lesson 1

Evaluating the Medical Literature Part II: Application to Diagnostic Medicine