Nuclear medicine physics / edited by J.J. Pedroso de Lima.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lima, J. J. Pedroso de (João José Pedroso)

Series:

Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering.

Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical physics.

Radioisotope scanning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (522 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2010.

Boca Raton : CRC Press ; Coimbra : Coimbra University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edited by a renown international expert in the field, Nuclear Medicine Physics presents a full description of nuclear medicine imaging physics and methodology, serving as a useful reference of the basic physics and various applications in medicine and imaging systems. Written at a level accessible for a wide audience, including graduate students, this book provides advanced knowledge of relevant physical aspects behind modern nuclear imaging techniques, from radioisotope production to data acquisition and processing. Special emphasis is placed on the physics of biological functions from the perspective of their study with radioisotopes and the biological effects of radiation--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front cover; Contents; About the Series; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Cyclotron and Radionuclide Production; Chapter 3: Positron Physics; Chapter 4: Radiopharmaceuticals: Developmentand Main Applications; Chapter 5: Radiation Detectors and Image Formation; Chapter 6: Imaging Methodologies; Chapter 7: Systems in Nuclear Medicine; Chapter 8: Dosimetry and Biological Effects of Radiation; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-020657-3

0-429-13853-9

1-58488-796-6

9780429138539

OCLC:

693324683