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The national reference reading list, reproduced here in full, plus the editions residents actually read in 2026 — with recommended journals, a year-wise reading plan, and the references you'll need for your thesis and practical.
These 43 titles come from the National Board of Examinations curriculum document for Nuclear Medicine, reproduced spelling and abbreviations included — MD and DNB candidates sit the same clinical work and read the same texts, so use it as your scope anchor and check your own university’s syllabus alongside it.
Reference list source: the National Board MD Nuclear Medicine curriculum
The books most residents actually buy. These are the editions in circulation now, with a note on whether each is something you read cover to cover, keep as a reference, or open only for the viva.
Journal club and the “recent advances” parts of the theory paper come from here. You do not need to read all of them — pick the two Indian journals and one international one and follow them properly.
Three years is less time than it sounds. The order below is what works for most MD Nuclear Medicine residents — broad and readable first, reference-level later, revision and drilling last.
Build the physics, instrumentation and radiopharmacy base with Cherry and Saha while learning hot-lab and QC routines hands-on; read Requisites once end-to-end and register the thesis.
Shift to clinical reporting - Mettler and Biersack organ-system-wise, daily supervised reporting, EANM/SNMMI guidelines for each protocol, PET/CT rotation, and thesis data collection.
Revise Requisites and physics repeatedly, drill Ziessman Case Review and Fogelman's Atlas for spotters, master AERB regulations and therapy protocols, finish the thesis, and practise past the National Board theory questions.
Protocol, methodology and reporting standards examiners expect you to have followed.
Books and material specifically useful for the clinical, spotter and viva stations.
Sitting the DNB instead? The same reading list, written for the NBE exam, is on the DNB Nuclear Medicine books page.
The national curriculum document for Nuclear Medicine lists 43 titles, beginning with Conventional Nuclear medicine in Pediatrics (A Clinical based atlas) by Garganese, Maria Carmen, D'Errico, Giovanni Francesco Livio (Eds.). The full list is reproduced on this page exactly as it is published.
Nuclear Medicine: The Requisites by Ziessman, O'Malley, Thrall is the usual anchor. The default first-read and revision text for Indian residents; concise, exam-oriented and image-rich.
Yes — we list the edition in circulation now for each title. Editions move quickly, so confirm the current one before you buy or print.
No. Most residents own three or four and use the department or library copy for the rest. That is exactly why printing selected chapters from a PDF works out cheaper than buying volumes you will open twice.
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