Nuclear medicine physics : the basics /
Since the 1970s, this classic reference has been the book to review for nuclear medicine physics. A member of The Basics series, Nuclear Medicine Physics has become a favorite of residents, practitioners, and technologists in radiology. Inside this Sixth Edition, you'll discover all the feature...
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Philadelphia :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
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Table of Contents:
- Basic review
- Nuclides and radioactive processes
- Radioactivity : law of decay, half-life, and statistics
- Production of radionuclides
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Interaction of high-energy radiation with matter
- Radiation dosimetry
- Detection of high-energy radiation
- In vitro radiation detection
- In vivo radiation detection : basic problems, probes, and rectilinear scanners
- In vivo radiation detection : scintillation camera
- Operational characteristics and quality control of a scintillation camera
- Detectability of final contrast in an image
- Emission computed tomography
- Biological effects of radiation and risk evaluation from radiation exposure
- Methods of safe handling of radionuclides and pertaining rules and regulations
- Appendix A. Physical characteristics of some radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine
- Appendix B. CGS and SI units
- Appendix C. Exponential table
- Appendix D. Radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine
- Appendix E. Organ masses of a standard man.