Background: This paper is the first in a series of invited perspectives by four pioneers of Nuclear Medicine imaging and physics. A medical physicist and a Nuclear Medicine clinical specialist each take a backward look and a forward look at the contributions of Medical Physics to Nuclear Medicine. Discussion: Contributions of Medical Physics are presented from the early discovery of radioactivity, development of first imaging devices, computers and emission tomography to recent development of hybrid imaging. Summary: There is evidence of significant contribution of Medical Physics throughout the development of Nuclear Medicine.
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Hutton, B. F. (2014). The contribution of Medical Physics to Nuclear Medicine: looking back - a physicist’s perspective. EJNMMI Physics, 1(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1186/2197-7364-1-2
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