To continue the support for the growing trend of chemistry involvement in nuclear medicine, the Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (DNCT) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) planned for a symposium to cover this aspect. This was expressed in arequest to me, as a member of the Program Committee, to organize a symposium on topics related to nuclear and radiochemistry applications to nuclear medicine. Realizing the growing interest in imaging, specially with positron emitting radioisotopes, I invited several colleagues to study with me the idea of imaging centers and the involvement of chemists in their structure and function. The formulated Organizing Committee supported this idea which evolved in proposing an extended international symposium to be held in conjunction with the 206th ACS National meeting in Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A. on August 22-27, 1993. The following are the members of the Organizing Committee: Jorge R. Barrio, Ph. D. Thomas E. Boothe, Ph. D. J. Robert Dahl, Ph. D. Robert F. Dannals, Ph. D. Bruce R. Erdal, Ph. D. Mark M. Goodman, Ph. D. George W. Kabalka, Ph. D. James F. Lamb, Ph. D. Ronald G. Manning, Ph. D. Henry C. Padgett, Ph. D. Roy S. Tilbury, Ph. D. Steven W. Yates, Ph. D. and Ali M. Emran, Ph. D.

Technical, Administrative, and Organizational Issues in Clinical PET: The Role of Chemists in Developing Radiopharmaceutical Applications, Industry and Regulations: Introductory Remarks (A.M. Emran). Regulatory Issues in Clinical PET: Clinical Imaging Centers: The Role of State Radiation Control Programs (T.C. Frazee, K.A. Allen). PET Related Equipments: Specifications and Selection: Laboratory and Cyclotron Requirements for PET Research (D.J. Schyler). Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Related Issues: Role of Current Good Manufacturing Practices in Establishment of Quality Assurance for Inhouse Radiopharmaceuticals (T.E. Boothe, A.M. Emran). Radiopharmaceuticals for Biomedical Research and Imaging: Development and Production of Radiopharmaceuticals for PET (W. Vaalburg et al.). Applications of Various Nuclides: Radionuclides and Their Applications in Oncology Research (R.D. Finn et al.). Targeting and Precursor Chemistry: Applications of Fullereness in Biomedical Imaging (G.T. Bida). Radiotracer Syntheses: Fluorine18 Labeling of Radiopharmaceuticals for PET Studies: Main Aspects and Problems Encountered in Chemical Synthesis (C. Lemaire). Automated Synthesis of Radiotracers. Chiral Syntheses and Separations. 46 additional articles. Index.

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