Nuclear medicine physics : the basics / Ramesh Chandra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chandra, Ramesh, 1938- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical physics.

Nuclear medicine.

Radioisotopes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This widely used text is now fully updated to reflect the broad acceptance and availability of PET, including instrumentation and special radiation safety aspects. Also added are new information on radiopharmaceuticals, newer scintillation materials (BGO), fusion imaging (PET/CT and SPECT/CT), descriptions of SPECT filters, discussions on contrast detail curves, and radiation effects on cell culture. An easy-to-read format and eye-friendly internal design facilitate learning and guide readers through essential details, examples, and true-to-life problems. A testing component at the end of each chapter offers key points for review with questions and answers.

Contents:

Basic review

Nuclides and radioactive processes

Radioactivity : law of decay, half-life, and statistics

Production of radionuclides

Radiopharmaceuticals

Interaction of high-energy radiation with matter

Radiation dosimetry

Detection of high-energy radiation

In vitro radiation detection

In vivo radiation detection : basic problems, probes, and rectilinear scanners

In vivo radiation detection : scintillation camera

Operational characteristics and quality control of a scintillation camera

Detectability of final contrast in an image

Emission computed tomography

Biological effects of radiation and risk evaluation from radiation exposure

Methods of safe handling of radionuclides and pertaining rules and regulations

Appendix A. Physical characteristics of some radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine

Appendix B. CGS and SI units

Appendix C. Exponential table

Appendix D. Radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine

Appendix E. Organ masses of a standard man.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4698-7577-2

OCLC:

463594568