This volume addresses a wide range of issues in the field of nuclear medicine imaging with an emphasis on the latest research findings initial chapters set the scene by considering the role of imaging in nuclear medicine from the medical perspective and discussing the implications of novel agents and applications for imaging the physics at the basis of the most modern imaging systems is described and the reader is introduced to the latest advances in image reconstruction and noise . Imaging in nuclear medicine occupies a niche that would appeal to medical physicists developing an interest in the specialty as well as practicing nuclear medicine physicians who would like to better understand the basis of the most recent developments in image processing and reconstruction r petter tonseth radiology vol 272 1 july 2014. Nuclear medicine imaging is used to diagnose conditions related to the heart lungs bone brain gi tract urinary tract renal spine and other areas they are particularly helpful in diagnosing cancer thyroid heart and gallbladder diseases along with alzheimers dementia and other brain conditions. Imaging in nuclear medicine occupies a niche that would appeal to medical physicists developing an interest in the specialty as well as practicing nuclear medicine physicians who would like to better understand the basis of the most recent developments in image processing and reconstruction reviewed by r petter tonseth md article history published online july 2014 published in print