Nuclear medicine physics: the basics

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Part of the renowned The Basics series, Nuclear Medicine Physics helps build foundational knowledge of how and why things happen in the clinical environment. Ideal for board review and reference, the 8th edition provides a practical summary of this complex field, focusing on essential details as well as real-life examples taken from nuclear medicine practice. New full-color illustrations, concise text, essential mathematical equations, key points, review questions, and useful appendices help yo…

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Full title :Nuclear medicine physics : the basics / Ramesh Chandra (PhD, Emeritus Professor, Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York) ; Arman Rahmim (PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Radiology, and Electrical & Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland).

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Publication Date:2018
Edition:Eighth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wolters Kluwer
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

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Description:xviii, 237 pages : : illustrations en partie en couleur ; : 26 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781496381842, 149638184X
oclc:on1022757722
LC Classification:R895
Dewey Decimal:610.1/53

[Contents] 1 Basic Review. -- 2 Nuclides and Radioactive Processes. -- 3 Radioactivity: Law of Decay, Half-Life, and Statistics. -- 4 Production of Radionuclides. -- 5 Radiopharmaceuticals. -- 6 Interaction of High-Energy Radiation with Matter. -- 7 Radiation Dosimetry. -- 8 Detection of High-Energy Radiation. -- 9 In Vitro Radiation Detection. -- 10 In Vivo Radiation Detection: Basic Problems, Probes, and Scintillation Camera. -- 11 Computer Interfacing and Image Processing. -- 12 Operational Characteristics and Quality Control (QC) of a Scintillation Camera. -- 13 Emission Computed Tomography (ECT), General Principles. -- 14 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography. -- 15 Positron Emission Tomography (PET). -- 16 Detectability or Final Contrast in an Image. -- 17 Biologic Effects of Radiation and Risk Evaluation from Radiation Exposure. -- 18 Methods of Safe Handling of Radionuclides and Pertaining Rules and Regulations

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Health Physics Isotopes radioactifs Médecine nucléaire Medical physics Nuclear Medicine Physique médicale Radioisotopes Radiopharmaceuticals Radiopharmaceutiques