title: A nuclear chocolate box: the periodic table of nuclear medicine.
abstract: Radioisotopes of elements from all parts of the periodic table find both clinical and research applications in radionuclide molecular imaging and therapy (nuclear medicine). This article provides an overview of these applications in relation to both the radiological properties of the radionuclides and the chemical properties of the elements, indicating past successes, current applications and future opportunities and challenges for inorganic chemistry.
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, 4th Floor Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK. Philip.Blower@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Blower
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004602:Elements; D006801:Humans; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D011868:Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D004602:Elements; D011868:Radioisotopes