Physics in nuclear medicine /
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Author / Creator: | Cherry, Simon R. |
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Edition: | 3rd ed. |
Imprint: | Philadelphia, PA : Saunders, c2003. |
Description: | xiii, 523 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Medical physics. Nuclear medicine. Medical physics. Nuclear medicine. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5169676 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. What Is Nuclear Medicine?
- A.. Fundamental Concepts
- B.. The Power of Nuclear Medicine
- C.. Historical Overview
- D.. Current Practice of Nuclear Medicine
- E.. The Role of Physics in Nuclear Medicine
- 2. Basic Atomic and Nuclear Physics
- A.. Quantities and Units
- B.. Radiation
- C.. Atoms
- D.. The Nucleus
- 3. Modes of Radioactive Decay
- A.. General Concepts
- B.. Chemistry and Radioactivity
- C.. Decay by [beta superscript -] Emission
- D.. Decay by ([beta superscript -], [gamma]) Emission
- E.. Isomeric Transition (IT) and Internal Conversion (IC)
- F.. Electron Capture (EC) and (EC, [gamma]) Decay
- G.. Positron ([beta superscript +]) and ([beta superscript +], [gamma]) Decay
- H.. Competitive [beta superscript +] and EC Decay
- I.. Decay by [alpha] Emission and by Nuclear, Fission
- J.. Decay Modes and the Line of Stability
- K.. Sources of Information on Radionuclides
- 4. Decay of Radioactivity
- A.. Activity
- B.. Exponential Decay
- C.. Methods for Determining Decay Factors
- D.. Image-Frame Decay Corrections
- E.. Specific Activity
- F.. Decay of a Mixed Radionuclide Sample
- G.. Parent-Daughter Decay
- 5. Radionuclide and Radiopharmaceutical Production
- A.. Reactor-Produced Radionuclides
- B.. Accelerator-Produced Radionuclides
- C.. Radionuclide Generators
- D.. Equations for Radionuclide Production
- E.. Radionuclides for Nuclear Medicine
- F.. Radiopharmaceutical Preparation
- 6. Interaction of Radiation with Matter
- A.. Interactions of Charged Particles with Matter
- B.. Charged-Particle Ranges
- C.. Passage of High-Energy Photons through Matter
- D.. Attenuation of Photon Beams
- 7. Radiation Detectors
- A.. Gas-Filled Detectors
- B.. Semiconductor Detectors
- C.. Scintillation Detectors
- 8. Electronic Instrumentation for Radiation Detection Systems
- A.. Preamplifiers
- B.. Amplifiers
- C.. Pulse-Height Analyzers
- D.. Time-to-Amplitude Converters
- E.. Digital Counters and Rate Meters
- F.. Coincidence Units
- G.. High-Voltage Power Supplies
- H.. Nuclear Instrument Modules
- I.. Cathode Ray Tube
- J.. Oscilloscopes
- K.. Computer Monitors
- 9. Nuclear Counting Statistics
- A.. Types of Measurement Error
- B.. Nuclear Counting Statistics
- C.. Propagation of Errors
- D.. Applications of Statistical Analysis
- E.. Statistical Tests
- 10. Pulse-Height Spectrometry
- A.. Basic Principles
- B.. Spectrometry with Nal(TI)
- C.. Spectrometry with Other Detectors
- 11. Problems in Radiation Detection and Measurement
- A.. Detection Efficiency
- B.. Problems in the Detection and Measurement of [beta] Particles
- C.. Dead Time
- D.. Quality Assurance for Radiation Measurement Systems
- 12. Counting Systems
- A.. Nal(TI) Well Counter
- B.. Counting with Conventional Nal(TI) Detectors
- C.. Liquid Scintillation Counters
- D.. Gas-Filled Detectors
- E.. Semiconductor Detector Systems
- F.. In Vivo Counting Systems
- 13. The Gamma Camera: Basic Principles
- A.. General Concepts of Radionuclide Imaging
- B.. Basic Principles of the Gamma Camera
- C.. Types of Gamma Cameras and Their Clinical Uses
- 14. The Gamma Camera: Performance Characteristics
- A.. Basic Performance Characteristics
- B.. Detector Limitations: Nonuniformity and Nonlinearity
- C.. Design and Performance Characteristics of Parallel-Hole Collimators
- D.. Performance Characteristics of Converging, Diverging, and Pinhole Collimators
- E.. Measurements of Gamma Camera Performance
- 15. Image Quality in Nuclear Medicine
- A.. Basic Methods for Characterizing and Evaluating Image Quality
- B.. Spatial Resolution
- C.. Contrast
- D.. Noise
- E.. Observer Performance Studies
- 16. Tomographic Reconstruction in Nuclear Medicine
- A.. General Concepts, Notation, and Terminology
- B.. Backprojection and Fourier-Based Techniques
- C.. Image Quality in Fourier Transform and Filtered Backprojection Techniques
- D.. Iterative Reconstruction Algorithms
- E.. Reconstruction of Fan-Beam and Cone-Beam Data
- 17. Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
- A.. SPECT Systems
- B.. Practical Implementation of SPECT
- C.. Performance Characteristics of SPECT Systems
- D.. Clinical Applications of SPECT
- 18. Positron Emission Tomography
- A.. Annihilation Coincidence Detection
- B.. PET Detector and Scanner Designs
- C.. Data Acquisition for PET
- D.. Data Corrections and Quantitative Aspects of PET
- E.. Clinical and Research Applications of PET
- 19. Digital Image Processing in Nuclear Medicine
- A.. Digital Images
- B.. Digital Image-Processing Techniques
- C.. Processing Environment
- 20. Tracer Kinetic Modeling
- A.. Basic Concepts
- B.. Tracers and Compartments
- C.. Tracer Delivery and Transport
- D.. Formulation of a Compartmental Model
- E.. Examples of Dynamic Imaging and Tracer Kinetic Models
- F.. Summary
- 21. Internal Radiation Dosimetry
- A.. Radiation Dose and Equivalent Dose: Quantities and Units
- B.. Calculation of Radiation Dose (MIRD Method)
- 22. Radiation Safety and Health Physics
- A.. Quantities and Units
- B.. Regulations Pertaining to the Use of Radionuclides
- C.. Safe Handling of Radioactive Materials
- D.. Disposal of Radioactive Waste
- E.. Radiation Monitoring
- Appendix A. Unit Conversions
- Appendix B. Properties of the Elements
- Appendix C. Characteristics of Some Medically Important Radionuclides
- Appendix D. Mass Attenuation Coefficients for Water, Sodium lodide, BGO, CZT, and Lead
- Appendix E. Effective Dose Equivalent (mSv/MBq) and Radiation Absorbed Dose Estimates (mGy/MBq) to Adult Subjects from Selected Internally Administered Radiopharmaceuticals
- Appendix F. The Fourier Transform
- A.. The FT: What It Represents
- B.. Calculating FTs
- C.. Some Properties of FTs
- D.. Some Examples of FTs
- Appendix G. Convolutions
- Index