Orphan Radiopharmaceuticals And Other Libations

It has been a few years since I've made it to the Society of Nuclear Medicine annual meeting, so long actually that the Society has since changed its name, and is now called the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, I personally think this was prompted by the unfortunate amusement among the puerile (like yours truly) related to the original title's initials. SNMMI just doesn't have the same ring to it, but they don't ask me about these things. The exhibit hall is about 1/50th the size of the massive trade show at the RSNA, but most of the big players have a presence.Herr Großkopf, the huge animated head, graced the Siemens booth, touting Amyvid. My new Intevo SPECT/CT was perpetually scanning a rather eerie half of a patient, also created by the geniuses of Legacy Effects. (By the way, if you want to see more on the production of Herr Großkopf, try this YouTube video:  http://youtu.be/L3gE1Zp9Vt8It is a humbling experience to sit in the educational sessions presented by those quite a bit smarter than I am, and realize just how much I don't know. But somehow, we average rads/NM physicians do manage to muddle through. We can't all be the best of the best, but I'm grateful to those who are the best for their willingness to share their expertise with the rest of us.I'm often asked how Nuclear Medicine differs from Radiology. The simple answer is that with the latter, we somehow externally energize the body, or pass energy through it; an X-ray is take...
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