Radiation physics for nuclear medicine /

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Imprint:Berlin ; London : Springer, 2010.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8897370
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Other authors / contributors:Cantone, M. C.
Hoeschen, Christoph.
ISBN:9783642113277 (electronic bk.)
3642113273 (electronic bk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other form:Print version: Radiation physics for nuclear medicine. Berlin ; London : Springer, 2010 9783642113260
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Introduction
  • The Role of Radiation Physics in Nuclear Medicine
  • The Molecular Imaging Pathway to Biomedical Physics
  • Part II Fundamental Processes on Radiation Physics
  • Mechanisms of the Interactions Between Radiation and Matter
  • Principles of Monte Carlo Calculations and Codes
  • Part III Radiation Sources and Radiopharmaceutical Productions
  • Sealed Radionuclide and X-Ray Sources in Nuclear Medicine
  • Radiopharmaceutical Production
  • Research and Development of New Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Part IV Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications
  • Basic Principles of Detection of Ionizing Radiation Used in Medical Imaging
  • Scintillators and Semiconductor Detectors
  • New Trends in Detectors forMedical Imaging
  • Part V New Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine
  • The PET Magnifier Probe
  • Algorithms for Image Reconstruction
  • Biokinetic Models for Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Voxel Phantoms for Internal Dosimetry.