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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, 1938- [Author] | Phelps, Michael E [Author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: 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
Contents:
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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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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