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Physics in nuclear medicine /

Physics in Nuclear Medicine - by Drs. Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, and Michael E. Phelps - provides current, comprehensive guidance on the physics underlying modern nuclear medicine and imaging using radioactively labeled tracers. This revised and updated fourth edition features a new full-co...

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Príomhúdar: Cherry, Simon R.
Údair Eile: Phelps, Michael E., Sorenson, James A.
Formáid: Printed Book
Teanga:English
Foilsithe: Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012.
Eagrán:4th ed.
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Clár Ábhair:
  • What is nuclear medicine
  • Basic atomic and nuclear physics
  • Modes of radioactive decay
  • Decay of radioactivity
  • Isotope production & tracer synthesis
  • Interaction of radiation with matter
  • Radiation detectors
  • Electronic instrumentation for radiation detection systems
  • Nuclear counting statistics
  • Pulse height spectrometry
  • Problems in radiation detection and measurement
  • Counting systems
  • The gamma camera : basic principles
  • Gamma camera performance characteristics
  • Image quality in nuclear medicine
  • Tomographic reconstruction in nuclear medicine
  • Single photon emission computed tomography
  • Positron emission tomography
  • Multimodality imaging : SPECT/CT and PET/CT
  • Data acquisition and digital image processing in nuclear medicine
  • Tracer kinetic modeling
  • Internal radiation dosimetry
  • Radiation safety and health physics.