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Nuclear Medicine Physics: The Basics 6e » (6th Edition)

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Authors: Ramesh Chandra
ISBN-13: 9780781747530, ISBN-10: 0781747538
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Date Published: May 2004
Edition: 6th Edition

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Author Biography: Ramesh Chandra

Book Synopsis

This widely used text is now fully updated to reflect the broad acceptance and availability of PET, including instrumentation and special radiation safety aspects. Also added are new information on radiopharmaceuticals, newer scintillation materials (BGO), fusion imaging (PET/CT and SPECT/CT), descriptions of SPECT filters, discussions on contrast detail curves, and radiation effects on cell culture. An easy-to-read format and eye-friendly internal design facilitate learning and guide readers through essential details, examples, and true-to-life problems. A testing component at the end of each chapter offers key points for review with questions and answers.

Table of Contents

1Basic review1
2Nuclides and radioactive processes7
3Radioactivity : law of decay, half-life, and statistics20
4Production of radionuclides31
5Radiopharmaceuticals40
6Interaction of high-energy radiation with matter55
7Radiation dosimetry66
8Detection of high-energy radiation77
9In vitro radiation detection95
10In vivo radiation detection : basic problems, probes, and rectilinear scanners103
11In vivo radiation detection : scintillation camera110
12Operational characteristics and quality control of a scintillation camera128
13Detectability or final contrast in an image139
14Emission computed tomography146
15Biological effects of radiation and risk evaluation from radiation exposure160
16Methods of safe handling of radionuclides and pertaining rules and regulations168
App. APhysical characteristics of some radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine177
App. BCGS and SI units181
App. CExponential table183
App. DRadionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine185
App. EOrgan masses of a standard man187

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