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Author : J. M. Chapman,G. Ayrey
Publisher : Unwin Hyman
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0045700117
Author : Angela N. H. Creager
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780226017945
After World War II, the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) began mass-producing radioisotopes, sending out nearly 64,000 shipments of radioactive materials to scientists and physicians by 1955. Even as the atomic bomb became the focus of Cold War anxiety, radioisotopes represented the government’s efforts to harness the power of the atom for peace—advancing medicine, domestic energy, and foreign relations. In Life Atomic, Angela N. H. Creager tells the story of how these radioisotopes, which were simultaneously scientific tools and political icons, transformed biomedicine and ecology. Government-produced radioisotopes provided physicians with new tools for diagnosis and therapy, specifically cancer therapy, and enabled biologists to trace molecular transformations. Yet the government’s attempt to present radioisotopes as marvelous dividends of the atomic age was undercut in the 1950s by the fallout debates, as scientists and citizens recognized the hazards of low-level radiation. Creager reveals that growing consciousness of the danger of radioactivity did not reduce the demand for radioisotopes at hospitals and laboratories, but it did change their popular representation from a therapeutic agent to an environmental poison. She then demonstrates how, by the late twentieth century, public fear of radioactivity overshadowed any appreciation of the positive consequences of the AEC’s provision of radioisotopes for research and medicine.
Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Biomedical Isotopes
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995-02-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309051903
Radioactive isotopes and enriched stable isotopes are used widely in medicine, agriculture, industry, and science, where their application allows us to perform many tasks more accurately, more simply, less expensively, and more quickly than would otherwise be possible. Indeed, in many casesâ€"for example, biological tracersâ€"there is no alternative. In a stellar example of "technology transfer" that began before the term was popular, the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors has supported the development and application of isotopes and their transfer to the private sector. The DOE is now at an important crossroads: Isotope production has suffered as support for DOE's laboratories has declined. In response to a DOE request, this book is an intensive examination of isotope production and availability, including the education and training of those who will be needed to sustain the flow of radioactive and stable materials from their sources to the laboratories and medical care facilities in which they are used. Chapters include an examination of enriched stable isotopes; reactor and accelerator-produced radionuclides; partnerships among industries, national laboratories, and universities; and national isotope policy.
Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Radiobiology
ISBN : MINN:31951D035847024
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Biophysics
ISBN : CORNELL:31924014507721
This bibliography contains a total of 959 selected references on the use of radioisotopes in biological research. These references were selected from the scientific literature published during the period 1958-1963. Author, isotope, and report number indexes are included.
Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : MINN:31951D02097610V
Discusses atomic energy applications to agriculture as well as to medical research.
Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Radiation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045153264
Author : William R. Hendee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015004382167
Structure of the atom. Radioactive decay. Interaction of particulate radiation. Interactions of X radiation and y radiation. Production of radioactive nuclides. Synthesis of labeled compounds. Radioactive pharmaceuticals. Gas-filled detectors. External scintillation detectors. Semiconductor radiation detectors. Nuclear counting systems. Scientillation spectrometry. Sample preparations for external counting. Sample preparation for liquid scintilation counting. Liquid scintillation counting. autoradiography and radiochromatography. Activation analysis. Statistics of radioactivity measurements. Quantitative measurement of radioactivity. Dynamic function studies. Scanning and whote-body counting. Radiation exposure and dose. Internal absorbed dose. Guidelines for radiation protection. Radiation safety.
Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192840998
This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, the author takes the reader on an engaging and entertaining tour: from the Greek philosophers who propounded a system with four elements - earth, air, fire, and water - to the modern-day scientists who are able to create their own.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9264625097
This report explores the main reasons behind the unreliable supply of Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) in health-care systems and policy options to address the issue. Tc-99m is used in 85% of nuclear medicine diagnostic scans performed worldwide – around 30 million patient examinations every year. These scans allow diagnoses of diseases in many parts of the human body, including the skeleton, heart and circulatory system, and the brain. Medical isotopes are subject to radioactive decay and have to be delivered just-in-time through a complex supply chain. However, ageing production facilities and a lack of investment have made the supply of Tc-99m unreliable. This report analyses the use and substitutability of Tc-99m in health care, health-care provider payment mechanisms for scans, and the structure of the supply chain. It concludes that the main reasons for unreliable supply are that production is not economically viable and that the structure of the supply chain prevents producers from charging prices that reflect the full costs of production and supply.
Author : F. W. Spiers
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483258553
Radioisotopes in the Human Body: Physical and Biological Aspects provides a unified presentation of the manner in which radioisotopes are deposited in the human body. This book focuses on bone structure and the irradiation of bone because so many of the available radioisotopes are deposited in bone. Organized into nine chapters, this book begins with an overview of the physical considerations that are significant to the dosimetry of internally deposited radioisotopes. This text then examines the structure and formation of bone in some detail. Other chapters consider the importance of bone in relation to potential radiation damage. This book discusses as well the relationship between radiation dose and radiobiological effects. The final chapter deals with the case of internal irradiation by radioisotopes. This book is a valuable resource for biologists, health physicists, scientists, and students. Radiation protection officers and individuals who have responsibilities for the safe use of radioactive substances will also find this book useful.
Author : Joseph Shirey Butts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Isotopes
ISBN : UOM:39015095055755
Author : Robert J. Slater
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015059001829
Here is a complete guide to the wide variety of uses of radioisotopes in biological investigations. A useful alternative to multiple sources, the book provides an informative introduction to the theory behind this growing technology, as well as practical advice on isotope and equipment choice, radiation protection, and safety measures. Procedural advice on in vivo and in vitro labelling, autoradiography, and immunoassay, will be applicable in several types of investigations, and practitioners will find the convenient summaries of U.S. and U.K. legislation governing these materials to be a particularly useful timesaver.
Author : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015060579904
Author : Evelyn M. Hurlburt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Biology
ISBN : UOM:39015095086784
