| Description |
xvii, 523 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
What is nuclear medicine? -- Basic atomic and nuclear physics -- Modes of radioactive decay -- Decay of radioactivity -- Radionuclide and radiopharmaceutical production -- 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 -- The gamma camera : performance characteristics -- Image quality in nuclear medicine -- Tomographic reconstruction in nuclear medicine -- Single photon emission computed tomography -- Positron emission tomography -- Hybrid imaging : SPECT/CT and PET/CT -- Digital image processing in nuclear medicine -- Tracer kinetic modeling -- Internal radiation dosimetry -- Radiation safety and health physics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical physics.
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Nuclear medicine.
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Health Physics.
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Nuclear Medicine.
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| Author |
Sorenson, James A., 1938-
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Phelps, Michael E.
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| LC no. |
2011021330 |
| ISBN |
9781416051985 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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1416051988 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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