Physics in nuclear medicine /

Physics in nuclear medicine /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cherry, Simon R.
Edition:	4th ed.
Imprint:	Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Subject:	Medical physics. Nuclear medicine. Health Physics. Nuclear Medicine. Medical physics. Nuclear medicine.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8779067

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Other authors / contributors:	Sorenson, James A., 1938- Phelps, Michael E.
ISBN:	1455733679 (electronic bk.) 9781455733675 (electronic bk.) 9781416051985 (hardback : alk. paper) 1416051988 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:	Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:	Original 9781416051985 1416051988

Table of Contents:

What is nuclear medicine
Basic atomic and nuclear physics
Modes of radioactive decay
Decay of radioactivity
Isotope production & tracer synthesis
Interaction of radiation with matter
Radiation detectors
Electronic instrumentation for radiation detection systems
Nuclear counting statistics
Pulse height spectrometry
Problems in radiation detection and measurement
Counting systems
The gamma camera : basic principles
Gamma camera performance characteristics
Image quality in nuclear medicine
Tomographic reconstruction in nuclear medicine
Single photon emission computed tomography
Positron emission tomography
Multimodality imaging : SPECT/CT and PET/CT
Data acquisition and digital image processing in nuclear medicine
Tracer kinetic modeling
Internal radiation dosimetry
Radiation safety and health physics.