Nuclear Medicine Physics: The Basics 6e
This widely used text is now fully updated to reflect the broad acceptance and availability of PET, including instrumentation and special radiation safety aspects. Also added are new information on radiopharmaceuticals, newer scintillation materials (BGO), fusion imaging (PET/CT and SPECT/CT), descriptions of SPECT filters, discussions on contrast detail curves, and radiation effects on cell culture. An easy-to-read format and eye-friendly internal design facilitate learning and guide readers...
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This widely used text is now fully updated to reflect the broad acceptance and availability of PET, including instrumentation and special radiation safety aspects. Also added are new information on radiopharmaceuticals, newer scintillation materials (BGO), fusion imaging (PET/CT and SPECT/CT), descriptions of SPECT filters, discussions on contrast detail curves, and radiation effects on cell culture. An easy-to-read format and eye-friendly internal design facilitate learning and guide readers through essential details, examples, and true-to-life problems. A testing component at the end of each chapter offers key points for review with questions and answers.
1Basic review12Nuclides and radioactive processes73Radioactivity : law of decay, half-life, and statistics204Production of radionuclides315Radiopharmaceuticals406Interaction of high-energy radiation with matter557Radiation dosimetry668Detection of high-energy radiation779In vitro radiation detection9510In vivo radiation detection : basic problems, probes, and rectilinear scanners10311In vivo radiation detection : scintillation camera11012Operational characteristics and quality control of a scintillation camera12813Detectability or final contrast in an image13914Emission computed tomography14615Biological effects of radiation and risk evaluation from radiation exposure16016Methods of safe handling of radionuclides and pertaining rules and regulations168App. APhysical characteristics of some radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine177App. BCGS and SI units181App. CExponential table183App. DRadionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine185App. EOrgan masses of a standard man187
