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1 History of the BNMS 1966–2016 . . . 1 Brian Neilly
2 A History of Nuclear Medicine in the UK. . . 9 Ralph McCready
3 The Evolution of Training in Nuclear Medicine in the UK . . . 19 Andrew Hilson
4 A Technologists Viewpoint . . . 25 Liz Clarke
5 Evolution of Nuclear Medicine Physics in the UK . . . 33 Richard S. Lawson
6 The Institute of Nuclear Medicine London. . . 39 Jamshed Bomanji and Peter J. Ell
7 A History of Nuclear Medicine in the UK Radionuclide
Investigation of the Brain . . . 47 Peter J. Ell
8 A History of Nuclear Cardiology in the UK . . . 53 S. Richard Underwood
9 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children,
Paediatric Nuclear Medicine in the UK. . . 63 Lorenzo Biassoni
10 Renal Radionuclide Studies . . . 71 Keith Britton
11 St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Medical School:
Department of Nuclear Medicine. . . 77 Keith Britton
12 Nuclear Medicine at the Hammersmith Hospital. . . 83 Michael Peters
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13 Nuclear Medicine in Nottingham: Antibodies,
Gamma Probes and Drug Delivery . . . 95 Alan C. Perkins
14 The Introduction and Development of Clinical
PET in the United Kingdom . . . 103 Michael Maisey
15 Bone Radionuclide Imaging, Quantitation
and Bone Densitometry. . . 111 Glen M. Blake and Ignac Fogelman
16 Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine in the UK . . . 121 John Buscombe
17 Hospital Radiopharmacy in the UK. . . 129 James R. Ballinger
18 Development of Computers in Nuclear Medicine. . . 135 E. David Williams
19 The Future Direction of Radiopharmaceutical
Development. . . 141 Philip J. Blower
20 A Personal Refl ection. . . 149 Tom Nunan
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Contributors
James R. Ballinger Imaging Sciences , King’s College London , London , UK Lorenzo Biassoni Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK
Glen M. Blake Department of Nuclear Medicine , Guy’s Campus, King’s College London , London , UK
Philip J. Blower Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering , King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital , London , UK
Jamshed Bomanji Clinical Department , Institute of Nuclear Medicine, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK
Keith Britton Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine , The London Clinic , London , UK
John Buscombe Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals , Cambridge , UK
Arturo Chiti Humanitas University , Milan , Italy Humanitas Research Hospital , Milan , Italy
European Association of Nuclear Medicine , Vienna , Austria
Liz Clarke European Applications , GE Healthcare Ltd, The Grove Centre , Amersham , UK
Peter J. Ell Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Nuclear Medicine, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK
Ignac Fogelman Department of Nuclear Medicine , Guy’s Campus, King’s College London , London , UK
Gopinath Gnanasegaran Department Nuclear Medicine, Guy’s & St Thomas’
NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK
Isky Gordon Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK
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Andrew Hilson Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free Hospital , London , UK
Richard S. Lawson Department of Nuclear Medicine, Central Manchester Nuclear Medicine Centre , Salford , UK
University of Salford , Salford , UK University of Manchester , Manchester , UK Michael Maisey Kings College , London , UK
Ralph McCready Nuclear Medicine Department , Royal Sussex County Hospital , Brighton , UK
Brian Neilly Department of Nuclear Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infi rmary , Glasgow , UK
Alp Notghi Department of Physics and Nuclear Medicine , Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, City Hospital , Birmingham , UK
Tom Nunan Nuclear medicine , St Thomas’ Hospital , London , UK Diana Paez Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section Division of Human Health Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications , International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna International Centre , Vienna , Austria
Alan C. Perkins Department of Radiological Sciences, University of Nottingham and Honorary , Nottingham , UK
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust , Nottingham , UK
Michael Peters Department of Nuclear Medicine , Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, Brighton and Sussex Medical School , Brighton , UK
S. Richard Underwood Department Nuclear Medicine, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital , London , UK
E. David Williams Sunderland , UK
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