The focus of this new book is for medicinal chemists on the chemical agents that
have been used, or might be required in the future, and the methods of synthesis
for inserting the reporter groups. Medicinal chemists need to know the critical
issues involved in using such chemical agents with regard to the biological
applications - for instance - what properties are needed chemically and why? The
topics covered in the book are: PET, SPECT, contrast agents,
radioimaging/radionuclide conjugates, receptor mapping, small animal imaging
(eg. WBAR - whole body autoradiography); photoinduced labelling, as well as
chapters on the physical techniques used including: NMR, mass spectrometry and
Xray. A