An introduction to the physics of nuclear medicine /
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Author / Creator: | Harkness-Brennan, Laura, author. |
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Imprint: | San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018] Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2018] |
Description: | 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). |
Language: | English |
Series: | [IOP release 4] IOP concise physics, 2053-2571 IOP (Series). Release 4. IOP concise physics. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11656121 |
Summary: | The complexity and vulnerability of the human body has driven the development of a diverse range of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in modern medicine. The Nuclear Medicine procedures of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and Radionuclide Therapy are well-established in clinical practice and are founded upon the principles of radiation physics. This book will offer an insight into the physics of nuclear medicine by explaining the principles of radioactivity, how radionuclides are produced and administered as radiopharmaceuticals to the body and how radiation can be detected and used to produce images for diagnosis. The treatment of diseases such as thyroid cancer, hyperthyroidism and lymphoma by radionuclide therapy will also be explored. |
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Item Description: | "Version: 20180601"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). |
Format: | System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781643270340 9781643270326 9781643270319 |
ISSN: | 2053-2571 |