Meet the editor

Farid A. Badria, Ph.D., is the recipient of several awards, including The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize for Public Understanding of Science; the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Gold Medal for best invention; Outstanding Arab Scholar, Kuwait; and the Khwarizmi International Award, Iran. He has 250 publications, 12 books, 20 patents, and several marketed pharmaceutical products to his credit. He continues

to lead research projects on developing new therapies for liver, skin disorders, and cancer. Dr. Badria was listed among the world's top 2% of scientists in medicinal and biomolecular chemistry in 2019 and 2020. He is a member of the Arab Development Fund, Kuwait; International Cell Research Organization–United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICRO–UNESCO), Chile; and UNESCO Biotechnology France

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

*by Farid A. Badria*

Quantitative Indices

*and Tilman M. Hackeng*

Decommissioning

*by Carmen Tuca and Ana Stochioiu*

**Preface XI**

Radiopharmaceuticals: On-Going Research **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

of Radiopharmaceuticals **43**

**Chapter 3 45**

**Chapter 4 69**

**Chapter 5 87**

**Chapter 6 105**

Focal Increased Radiopharmaceutical Uptake Differentiation Using

Strategies for Site-Specific Radiolabeling of Peptides and Proteins

Dose Rates Comparative Study for Workers Involved in the Hot-Cells Clean-Up Activities of the VVR-S Nuclear Research Reactor under

Radiopharmaceuticals: On-Going Research for Better Diagnosis, Therapy,

Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Applications

Start Here When Performing Radiochemical Reactions *by Carla Daruich de Souza, Jin Joo Kim and Jin Tae Hong*

Fabrication, Materials Manipulation and Characterization

Radiopharmaceutical Biodistribution and Dosimetry *by Santosh Kumar Gupta and Venkatesh Rangarajan*

*by V. Sivasubramaniyan and K. Venkataramaniah*

*by Ingrid Dijkgraaf, Stijn M. Agten, Matthias Bauwens* 
