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. |
Subject: | Medical physics. Nuclear medicine. Nuclear Medicine. Physics. Medical physics. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics. Medical physics. Nuclear medicine. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11656121 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Building blocks of matter
- 1.2. Fundamental forces
- 1.3. Overview of nuclear medicine
- 2. A brief history of nuclear medicine
- 2.1. Radioactivity
- 2.2. Production of radionuclides for medicine
- 2.3. Diagnostic imaging
- 3. Radioactivity
- 3.1. Nuclear stability
- 3.2. Radioactive decay processes
- 3.3. Radioactive decay law
- 4. Radionuclide production
- 4.1. Radionuclide selection
- 4.2. Cyclotrons
- 4.3. Nuclear reactors
- 4.4. Radionuclide generators
- 4.5. Production yield
- 4.6. Emerging radiopharmaceuticals
- 5. Radiation interactions with matter
- 5.1. Gamma-ray interaction mechanisms
- 5.2. Charged particle interaction mechanisms
- 6. Radiation detection
- 6.1. Gas detectors
- 6.2. Semiconductor detectors
- 6.3. Scintillation detectors
- 6.4. Performance of radiation detectors
- 7. Imaging
- 7.1. Gamma camera
- 7.2. Single photon emission computed tomography
- 7.3. Positron emission tomography
- 8. Radionuclide therapy
- 8.1. Principles of radiotherapy
- 8.2. Medical internal radiation dosimetry (MIRD).