IJNM, 20(1): 21-27, 2005
Technical Note
Information Resources for Nuclear Medicine
Rajeev Vij & Ravi Kashyap
Division of Nuclear Medicine & Medical Informatics,
Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, Delhi
Providing doctors, scientists, technicians and researchers, timely access to information can enhance their
ability for decision-making. The Internet is a potential means of enhancing such interactions. An information
site on the Web has enormous potential as a medium for the specialist in Nuclear Medicine to retrieve information
in the form of text, images, and video clips.
This paper provides a brief overview of several reliable Internet resources concerning Nuclear Medicine.
Resources for Nuclear Medicine on the Internet include search engines, medical sources, advocacy sources,
U.S. government sources, personal Web sites, public library databases, and commercial databases. Many helpful
Internet resources have been identified on the basis of quality criteria, their relevance and the language availability.
The paper includes four topic areas, the first provides a brief description of Nuclear Medicine, the second
focuses on printed resources, the third provides a description of journal resources on the net and the last is a
short overview of some databases available on the Web. With a modest amount of tutoring and effort required
for information retrieval from net, one can expeditiously get the right information at the right time.
1. Nuclear Medicine
The seeds of one of medicines younger disciplines,
Nuclear Medicine were sown close to a century ago. The
pioneering work of Marie and Pierre Curie in uncovering
substances with hitherto unrecognized properties, for which
they coined the term, radioactive, opened up a new field of
opportunity.
This is a branch of medicine that uses radiation to provide
information about the functioning of a persons specific organs
or to treat disease. In most cases, physicians need information
to make a quick, accurate diagnosis of the patients illness.
The thyroid, bones, heart, liver and many other organs can be
easily imaged, and disorders in their function revealed. In
some cases radiation can be used to treat diseased organs, or
tumors. In developed countries (26% of world population)
the frequency of diagnostic Nuclear Medicine is 1.9% per
year, and the frequency of therapy with radioisotopes is about
one tenth of this.
A more recent development in the field of Nuclear Medicine
is Positron Emission Tomography (PET), which is a more
Correspondence to:
Ravi Kashyap
Department of Nuclear Medicine & Medical Informatics,
INMAS, Delhi 110054, INDIA
e-mail: rkashyap100@gmail.com
precise, and sophisticated technique using isotopes produced
in a cyclotron. A positron-emitting radionuclide is introduced,
usually by injection, and accumulates in the target tissue. As
it decays it emits a positron, which promptly combines with a
nearby electron resulting in the simultaneous emission of two
identifiable gamma rays in opposite directions. These are
detected by a PET camera and give very precise indication of
their origin. PETs most important clinical role is in oncology,
with fluorine-18 as the tracer, since it has proven to be the
most accurate non-invasive method of detecting and
evaluating most cancers. It is also well used in cardiac and
brain imaging. New procedures combine PET with CT scans
to give co-registration of the two images, enabling 30% better
diagnosis than with traditional gamma camera alone.
2. Printed Resources in Nuclear Medicine
Some of the most popular and frequently used/cited
published resources in the field of Nuclear Medicine are
handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, reviews, yearbooks,
monographs, atlases, etc. These are:
A. Handbooks
Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
(Oxford Medical Publications)
by Andrew Provan (Editor), et al
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CRC handbook series in clinical laboratory science:
Section A - Nuclear Medicine
by David Seligson
Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine
by Gopal B. Saha
Nuclear Cardiology (Speedy Ce, V. 1)
by Society of Nuclear Medicine, Kathleen Murphy (Editor)
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine: 2nd Revised Edition
by Christian Schiepers (Other Contributor)
Questions and Answers in Nuclear Medicine
by Robert H. Wagner, et al
CRC Manual of Nuclear Medicine Procedures
by James E., Jr. Carey, et al
Manual of Nuclear Medicine Imaging
by Christopher C. Kuni, et al
Textbook of Nuclear Medicine
by Michael A. Wilson (Editor)
Mosbys manual of Nuclear Medicine procedures
by D. Bruce Sodee
The Mayo Clinic Manual of Nuclear Medicine
by Mayo Clinic (Corporate Author), Michael K. OConnor
(Editor)
Nuclear Medicine: Cardiology-Cardiac PET Imaging,
Congenital Heart Disease
by Michael W. Dae (Editor)
Handbook for Technologists of Nuclear Medicine
by Hudak Js
Handbook of Nuclear Medicine
by Frederick I. Datz
Nuclear Medicine Technology: Procedures and Quick
Reference
by Pete Shackett
Handbook of Nuclear Medicine: Kidney
by Gustav Hor (Editor), H.W. Pabst (Editor)
Nuclear Medicine Technologists Handbook
by Asaf Durakovic
Handbook of Radiation Doses in Nuclear Medicine and
Diagnostic X-Ray
by James G. Kereiakes
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine
by Martin P., Md. Sandler (Editor), et al
Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine
by Max H. Lombardi
Handbook of Radiopharmaceuticals
by Michael J. Welch (Editor), Carol S. Redvanly (Editor)
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine
by Murray Longmore, et al
B. Dictionaries
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Dictionary And Handbook Of Nuclear Medicine And
Clinical Imaging
by L. Foyle
Dictionary and Handbook of Nuclear Medicine and
Clinical Imaging
by Mario P. Iturralde
Dictionary of Radiation Protection/ Radiobiology &
Nuclear Medicine
by Ralf Sube
The Dictionary of Health Physics and Nuclear Sciences
Terms
by Rex Borders
A Concise Dictionary of Theology (Stimulus Book)
by Gerald OCollins, Edward G. Farrugia
C. Encyclopedias
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer: Nuclear Medicine scans
by Ed.M. Paul A. Johnson
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Kidney Nuclear Medicine
scan
by Collette L. Placek
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Bone Nuclear Medicine
scan
by Ellen S. Weber MSN
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Gallbladder Nuclear
Medicine scan
by Altha Roberts Edgren
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Scrotal Nuclear Medicine
scan
by J. Ricker Polsdorfer MD
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Liver Nuclear Medicine
scan
by Ellen S. Weber MSN
D. Reviews
Review Questions for Nuclear Medicine: The Technology
Registry Examination
by Anna M. Gallo Foss
Nuclear Medicine Case Review
by Harvey A., MD Ziessman, Patrice K., MD Rehm
Review Questions for Nuclear Medicine: The Technology
Registry Examination
by Anna M. Gallo Foss
Nuclear Medicine Board Review: Questions and Answers
for Self-Assessment
by Richard Goldfarb MD (Editor)
Review of Nuclear Medicine Technology
by Ann M. Steves
Nuclear Medicine Technology: Review Questions for the
Board Examinations
by K. Ramer, A. Alavi
Nuclear Medicine technology review
by Sheila Dworkin Rosenfeld
Nuclear Medicine (Medical Examination Review, Vol 25)
by Nathan A. Solomon (Editor)
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 1, March 2005
Nuclear Medicine technology examination review: 1425
multiple choices questions and referenced explanatory
answers
by G. Donald Frey
E. Yearbooks
Yearbook of Nuclear Medicine 2000 (Year Book of
Nuclear Medicine)
by Alexander Gottschalk (Editor)
Yearbook of Nuclear Medicine 2002 (Year Book of
Nuclear Medicine)
by Alexander Gottschalk (Editor)
Yearbook of Nuclear Medicine (Year Book of Nuclear
Medicine)
by Alexander Gottschalk (Editor)
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine
by Martin P., Md. Sandler (Editor), et al
3D Imaging in Medicine, Second Edition
by Jayaram K. Udupa, Gabor T. Herman
New Developments in Cardiac Nuclear Imaging
by Ami E. Iskandrian (Editor), et al
F. Monographs
Therapeutic Applications of Monte Carlo Calculations in
Nuclear Medicine
by Habib Zaidi
Textbook of Radiopharmacy: Theory and Practice
(Nuclear Medicine-a Series of Monographs and Texts,
Vol. 3)
by Charles B. Sampson (Editor)
Immunoscintigraphy (Monographs in Nuclear Medicine,
Vol 1)
by L. Donato (Editor)
Instrumentation, Laboratory Investigations and In Vitro
Studies (Monographs in Nuclear Medicine)
by Peter H. Cox, E. Touya (Editor)
Mathematics of radiology and Nuclear Medicine, (A
Monograph in modern concepts of radiology, Nuclear
Medicine and ultrasound)
by Herbert L Jackson
NMR in Medicine: The Instrumentation and Clinical
Applications (Medical Physics Monograph, No 14)
by Stephen R. Thomas, Robert L. Dixon (Editor)
Pulmonary Nuclear Medicine: Techniques in Diagnosis
of Lung Disease (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)
by Harold L. Atkins (Editor)
Atlas of Nuclear Medicine Imaging
by Sheldon, Md. Baum, Richard J., MD Campeau
Atlas of Nuclear Medicine
by Douglas Van Nostrand (Editor), Sheldon Baum (Editor)
Atlas of Nuclear Medicine Artifacts and Variants
by U. Yun Ryo, et al
Atlas of Nuclear Medicine
by Pablo E Dibos
Atlas of Nuclear Medicine: Reticuloendothelial System,
Liver, Spleen and Thyroid
by Frank H. DeLand, Henry W. Wagner
Atlas of Nuclear Medicine: Bone
by Frank H Deland
Reticuloendothelia system, liver, spleen & thyroid (Atlas
of Nuclear Medicine)
by Frank H DeLand
Brain (Atlas of Nuclear Medicine)
by Frank H DeLand
Atlas of pediatric Nuclear Medicine
by Philip O Alderson
Atlas of Clinical Nuclear Medicine
by Ignac Fogelman, et al
Atlas of Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine
by H. Kriegel (Foreword), et al
Slide Collection to Accompany an Atlas of Clinical
Nuclear Medicine
by Ignac Fogelman BSc MD FRCP, Michael Maisey BSc
MD FRCP FRCR
A Colour Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology (Chapman & Hall
Medical Atlas Series)
by Michael Goris
Atlas of PET/CT Imaging in Oncology
by M.E. Phelps (Foreword)
Teaching Atlas of Nuclear Medicine: Teaching Atlas
Series
by Kevin J. Donohoe (Editor), Annick Van Den Abbeele
(Editor)
MRI Atlas of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery of the
Knee
by Peter Teller, et al
Atlas of Clinical Positron Emission Tomography
by Michael N., Md, Frcp, Frcr Maisey, et al
Bone Age Atlas
by Vicente Gilsanz, Osman Ratib
G. Atlases
Atlas of Nuclear Medicine
by Kelvin J Donohoe and Annick Van Den
Atlas of Nuclear Medicine
by Marc Coel, Jimmy Leung
3. Nuclear Medicine Journals on the net
Internet is a hybrid medium, which can combine all three
identified communication strategies including mass
communication, interpersonal communication and machine
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interactivity communication. The following is the list of
journals in the field of nuclear medicine along with their web
site addresses:
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Abdominal Imaging www.link.springer.del
Academic Radiology www.academicradiology.com
Acta Radiologica www.blackwellpublishing.com
American Journal of Neuroradiology www.ajnr.org
American Journal of Roentgenology www.ajronline.org
Annals of the International Commission on Radiological
Protection www.elsevier.com/inca
Applied Magnetic Resonance www.springer.at/
periodicals
Applied Radiation and Isotopes www.elsevier.com/locate/
apradiso
Applied Radiology www.appliedradiology.com
Australasian Radiology www.blackwellpublishing.com
Bioimaging www3.interscience.wiley.com
BMC Nuclear Medicine www.biomedcentral.com
Brachytherapy www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store
British Journal of Radiology www.bjr.birjournals.org
Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal
www.cma.ca/carj/index.htm
Cancer Detection & Prevention www.cancerprev.org
Cancer/Radiothrapie
www.elsevier.com/inca/
publications/store
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
www.link.springer.de/link/service/journals
Cardiovascular Radiation Medicine www.elsevier.com/
wps
Clinical Imaging www.elsevier.com
Clinical Nuclear Medicine www.nuclearmed.com
Clinical Radiology www.harcourt_international.com
Clinical Reviews in Computed Tomography
www.crcjounals.com
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
www.elsevier.com/wps
Concepts
in
Magnetic
Resonance
www.interscience.wiley.com
Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Engineering
www3.interscience.wiley.com
Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology www.iww.com
Continuing Education in Radiologic Technology
www2.ceradtech.com
Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
www.harcourthealth.com
Decisions
in
Imaging
Economics
www.imagingeconomics.com
Dentomaxillofacial Radiology www.dmfr.birjounals.org
Diagnostic Imaging www.dimag.com
Emergency Radiology www.link.springer.de/link/service/
journals
European
Journal
of
Nuclear
Medicine
www.link.springer.de/link/service/journals
European Journal of Radiology www.elsevier.com/locate/
ejrad
European Journal of Ultrasound www.elsevier.com/locate/
ejultrasou
European Radiology www.link.springer.de/link/service/
journals
European Radiology Supplements www.springerlink.com
Family Planning Perspectives www.jstor.org/journals
Health Physics www.health-physics.com
Human Brain Mapping www.interscience.wiley.com
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging www.ieee-tmi.org
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine www.medind.nic.in/
imvw/iawaa.html, www.ijnmonline.com
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging www.ijri.org
International J. of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
www.elsevier.com/locate/ijrobp
International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
www.wkap.nl
International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology
www3.interscience.wiley.com
International Journal of Radiation Biology
www.tandf.co.uk/journals
The Internet Journal of Nuclear Medicine www.ispub.com
Internet Journal of Radiology www.ispub.com
Interventional Neuroradiology www.centauro.it
Investigative Radiology www.investigativeradiology com
Japanese Journal of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
www.soc.nii.ac.jp/jmrn
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
www.dekker.com
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound www.interscience.wiley.com
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
www.rad.dgsm.edu/jcat
Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography www.sdms.org/
jdms
Journal of Diagnostic Radiography & Imaging
www.rsmpress.co.uk/jdri.htm
Journal of Digital Imaging www.linkspringer.de/link/
service/journals
Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals
www.inerscience.wiley.com
Journal of Magnetic Resonance www.elsevier.com
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
www3.inerscience.wiley.com
Journal
of
Medical
Ultrasonics
www.springerlink.metapress.com
Journal of Neuroimaging www.sagepub.com
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology www.asnc.org
Journal of Nuclear Medicine www.jnm.snmjournals.org
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 1, March 2005
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
www.tech.snmjournals.org
Journal of radiation research www.rresearch.org
Journal
of
Radioanalytical
and
Nuclear
Chemistry kapis.www.wkap.nl/journalhome
Journal of Radiological Protection www.iop.org/journals
Journal of Radiosurgery kapis.www.wkap.nl/jounalhome
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation journals.iucr.org
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
www.harcourhealth.com
Journal of Thoracic Imaging www.thoracicimaging.com
Journal
of
Ultrasound
in
Medicine
www.jultrasoundmed.org
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
www.jvir.org
Journal of Womens Imaging www.jwijournal.com
Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology www.iospress.nl
Magnetic Resonance Imaging www.elsevier.com
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and
Medicine www.spincore.com
Medical Dosimetry www.elsevier.com/inca/publications
Medical Electron Microscopy www.link.springer.de
Medical Image Analysis www.elsevier.com
Medical Imaging www.medicalimagingmag.com
Molecular Imaging & Biology www.medicinedirect.com
Neuroimaging Clinics of North America
www.neuroimaging.theclinics.com
Neuroradiology www.link.springer.de
NMR in Biomedicine www3.interscience.wiley.com
Nuclear Medicine www.biomedcentral.com
Nuclear Medicine and Biology www.elsevier.com
Nuclear
Medicine
Communications
www.nuclearmedicinecomm.com
Pediatric Radiology link.springer.de
Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
www.elsevier.com
Psychiatric Research: Neuroimaging www.elsevier.com
Rntgenpraxis www.urbanfischer.de/journals
Radiation and Environmental Biophysics link.springer.de
Radiation Measurements www.elsevier.com
Radiation
Oncology
Investigations
www.interscience.wiley.com
Radiation Physics and Chemistry www.elsevier.com
Radiation Research www.radres.org
Radiation Therapist www.asrt.org
Radiographics www.radiographics.rsnajnls.org
Radiography www.harcourt-international.com
Radiologe link.springer.de
Radiologic
Clinics
of
North
America
www.harcourthealth.com
Radiologic Technology www.asrt.org
Radiologist www.theradiologist.org
Radiology www.radiology.rsnajnls.org
Radiotherapy and Oncology www.elsevier.com
Radyoloji www.turkiye-klinikleri.com
Seminars in Breast Disease: Diagnostic Imaging, Medical
Oncology, Pathology, Radiation Oncology, Sur
www.harcourthealth.com
Seminars in Interventional Radiology www.thieme.com
Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology www.thieme.com
Seminars in Nuclear Medicine www.harcourthealth.com
Seminars in Radiation Oncology www.harcourthealth.com
Seminars in Roentgenology www.harcourthealth.com
Seminars
in
Ultrasound,
CT
and
MRI
www.harcourthealth.com
Skeletal Radiology link.springer.de
Subsurface
Sensing
Technologies
and
Applications kapis.www.wkap.nl
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy link.springer.de
Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
www.elsevier.com
Topics
in
Magnetic
Resonance
Imaging
www.topicssinmri.com
Ultrasonics www.elsevier.com
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry www.elsevier.com
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology www.elsevier.com
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
www3.interscience.wiley.com
Ultrasound Quarterly www.ultrasound-quarterly.com
Ultrasound Review www.usreview.com.au
Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology
www.tandf.co.uk
Veterinary
Radiology
&
Ultrasound
www.blackwellpublishing.com
Year
Book
of
Diagnostic
Radiology
www.harcourthealth.com
Year Book of Nuclear Medicine www.harcourthealth.com
4. Prominent Nuclear Medicine Societies and
Associations
Academy of Molecular Imaging www.ami-imaging.org
American Board Of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM)
www.abnm.org
American Board Of Science In Nuclear Medicine (ABSNM)
www.absnm.org
American College of Nuclear Medicine www.acnucmed.org
American College of Nuclear Physicians
www.acnponline.org
American Radium Society www.americanradiunsociety.org
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
www.arrt.org
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American Society of Nuclear Cardiology www.asnc.org
American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
www.asrt.org
Association of Nuclear Medicine Physicians of India
www.anmpi.org
Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine
www.anzsnm.org
British Nuclear Medicine Society www.bnms.org
Canadian Society of Nuclear Medicine (Socit
Canadienne
de
Mdecine
Nuclaire)
www.csnm.medical.org
Czech Society of Nuclear Medicine (Cesk spolecnosti
nuklern medicny) www.csnm.cz
Danish Society of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear
Medicine (Dansk Selskab for Klinisk Fysiologi og
Nuklearmedicin) www.dskfnm.dk
European Association of Nuclear Medicine
www.eanm.org
French Society of Biophysica and Nuclear Medicine
(Socit Franaise de Biophysique et Mdecine Nuclaire)
www.sfbmn.org
Hong
Kong Society of Nuclear Medicine
www.medicine.org.hk
Indo-American Society of Nuclear Medicine
www.iasnm.org
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
www.iaea.org
International College of Nuclear Medicine Physicians
(Colegio Internacional de Mdicos Nucleares)
www.icnmp.edu.mx
International Radiation Protection Association
www.tue.nl/sbd/irpa/irpahome.htm
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
www.ismrm.org
Italian Association of Nuclear Medicine (Associazione
Italiana di Medicina Nucleare) www.aimn.it
Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine www.jsnm.org
Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine www.ksnm.or.kr
Nuclear Medicine Research Council (NMRC)
www.cbvcp.com/nmrc
Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board
www.nmtcb.org
Radiological Society of North America www.rsna.org
Society of Nuclear Medicine www.snm.org
Society of Nuclear Medicine-India www.snmindia.org
Society of Nuclear Medicine-Taiwan www.snm.org.tw
Spanish Nuclear Medicine Society (Sociedad Espaola de
Medicina Nuclear) www.semn.es
UK Radiopharmacy Group www.ukrg.org.uk
World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
www.wfnmb
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5. Conferences & Meetings Sites on the net
American Nuclear Society meetings www.ans.org/meetings
IAEA Meetings on Atomic Energy www.iaea.org
IEEE Conferences www.ieee.org
Mediconf: Nuclear Medicine Meetings www.mediconf.com
6. Certification Sites on the net
American Board of Nuclear Medicine www.abnm.org
American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine
www.snm.org
Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board
www.mnm
7. Key Databases in Nuclear Medicine
A. MEDLINE (1966present) covers the worlds biomedical
and health sciences journal literature. Medline provides
authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing,
dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical
sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of
Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over
4,600 current biomedical journals www.nlm.nih.gov.
B. PubMed (1966-present) includes: all data in the MEDLINE
database and all journal citations from HealthSTAR. Entrez
is the text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI
for the major databases, including PubMed, Nucleotide and
Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes,
Taxonomy, and others. PubMed is particularly noted for the
currency of its information as well as the links to full-text
electronic journal www.ncbi.nlm.nil.gov.
C. CINAHL provides indexing for over 1,700 current nursing
and allied health journals and other publications dating back
to 1982, and contains over 961,000 records. It offers complete
coverage of English-language nursing journals and
publications from the National League for Nursing and the
American Nurses Association, Cinahl covers nursing,
biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative
complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied
health disciplines www.cinahl.com.
D. EMBASE (1988 to present) is a medical database which
covers a wide range of journals in the biomedical sciences.
A subset of the EMBASE database, EMBASE: Radiology &
Nuclear Medicine from Elsevier Science includes only
information pertinent to the specialty of radiology and
Nuclear Medicine. This database covers information on
radiodiagnosis, radiotherapy, radiobiology, ultrasound
diagnosis, thermography, adverse reactions to radiotherapy,
and techniques and apparatus. EMBASE is particularly
useful for locating drug information, as it indexes many drug
journals not covered by MEDLINE www.embase.com.
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 1, March 2005
E. Web of Science (1975 to present) It provides online access
to three citation databases: Art and Humanities Index : Science
Citation Index Expanded : Social Sciences Citation Index . The
entry for each article includes access to the references in its
bibliography, as well as to articles published later which list that
article in the bibliography www.isiknowledge.com.
F. NUMDAB (Nuclear Medicine DAtaBase) This worlwide
database is aimed at collecting data on individual Nuclear
Medicine facilities around the world, with detailed information
on equipment, along with types of isotopes and
radiopharmaceuticals employed www-naweb.iaea.org.
G. NucMediEx www.nucmediex.net
H. Health Science
www.library.arizona.edu
Subject
Cluster
Search
I. Elsevier Science www.elsevier.com
J. The International Committee of Radiation Protection
www.icrp.org
K. International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
www.iaea.org/inis
L. Directory of Open Assess Journals http://www.doaj.org/
ljbs?cpid=20
M.
Free
Medical
Journals.com
www.freemedicaljournals.com/)
(http://
N. HighWire (http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl)
O. Biological Abstracts www.biosis.org
P. CancerLit www.cancer.gov
Q. Health and Wellness Resource Center www.galegroup.com
8. Popular Web Sites on Nuclear Medicine
The Many Medical Uses of Radioactive Materials
Nuclear Energy Institute. www.nei.org
Glossary of Nuclear Science Terms includes animations
From Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. www.ielbl.gov/
education/glossary/glossaryf.htm
Nuclear Medicine Teaching FilesCollections of teaching
files, cases, and images. www.nucmedlinks.com
Exploring the Table of IsotopesLawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory . ie.lbl.gov/education/isotopes.htm
Radiopharmaceuticals by diagnostic categoryNational
Library of Medicine. www.nlm.nih.gov
Radiation Dose Assessment site (RADAR)
www.doseinfo-radar.com
Nuclear Medicine Protocols www.keston.com
University of Iowa, Department of Nuclear Medicine
www.radiology.uiowa.edu
NucMed Links www.nucmedlinks.com
MT DESK www.mtdesk.com
Online Medical Dictionary www.cancerweb.ncl.ac.ukhfnt
9. Use of the Internet for Teaching
The Internet provides several new capabilities for education
in nuclear medicine, including learning at a distance, facilitation
of collaboration, increased availability of training resources,
and ability to develop interactive teaching materials. Dedicated
case-authoring software aided development of digital teaching
files at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and the Joint
Program in Nuclear Medicine. Accesses to these two teaching
files from sites around the world have grown rapidly.
Improvements in the speed of the Internet will allow inclusion
of more images at higher resolution and more extensive use of
cine. Development of server-based software will allow simulation
of the actual image-reading environment. A better
understanding of how to use this new media will spur continued
expansion in use of the Internet for nuclear medical education.
10. Conclusion
Libraries are the repositories for humanitys knowledge; they
are our past, our present, and our future. The information
available within the confines of a library must be accessible to
its users. The library in its present form is a product of the
printing press revolution. In this digital age the advent of Internet
have revolutionized information retrieval and dissemination.
Internet is a two way interpersonal communication flow. The
key distinguishing features of Internet are the interpersonal
feedback and interaction process in real time, which traditional
medium cannot provide. In India, NIC has initiated databases in
biomedical science consisting of over 77 Indian biomedical
journals. The bibliographical database (www.INDmed.nic.in)
and full text database (www.medIND.nic.in) are available on
free access.
The recent years have seen significant advances in both
molecular biology, allowing the identification of genes and
pathways related to disease, and imaging technologies that
allow for improved spatial and temporal resolution, enhanced
sensitivity, better depth penetration, improved image
processing, and beneficial combinations of different imaging
modalities.
Rapid advances in imaging technology are a challenge for
health care professionals, who must determine how best to use
these technologies to optimize patient care and outcomes.
Recently, integrated PET/CT systems have become available;
these systems provide PET and CT images that are acquired
nearly simultaneously and are capable of producing
superimposed, co-registered images, greatly facilitating
interpretation. The implementation of this integrated technology
has become more widespread in the setting of oncologic imaging
and proper information inputs becomes critical in optimal
utilization of nuclear medicine potentials.
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