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Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) has issued a special supplement commemorating six decades of leadership in the field of nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and therapy.
The supplement features a collection of the most influential and frequently cited manuscripts in JNM s history, representing seminal discoveries and scientific contributions that shaped the future of medicine. Invited perspectives from world leaders in nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, and theranostics explain why each of these articles had such an enormous impact.
Highlights include milestone articles on the invention of the Anger camera, the creation of positron emission tomography (PET) and 18F-FDG, the development of fusion PET/CT, the introduction of FDG PET-based response criteria in solid tumors, and many more landmark papers that have shaped the history of nuclear medicine.