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Physics in nuclear medicine / Simon R. Cherry, PHD Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Director, Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging University of California-Davis Davis, California; James A. Sorenson, Michael E. Phelps.
By: Cherry, Simon R.
Contributor(s): Sorenson, James A [Author] | Phelps, Michael E [Author].
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BookPublisher: Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xvii, 523 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9781416051985 (hardback : alk. paper); 1416051988 (hardback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Medical physics | Nuclear medicine | Health Physics | Nuclear MedicineDDC classification: 610.1/53 | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Medical Library On Shelf | Non-fiction | R895 CHE 2012 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 33729004846338 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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