Essential Nuclear Medicine Physics (Essentials)

✍ Scribed by Rachel A. Powsner, Edward R. Powsner

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 217
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Essential Nuclear Medicine Physics provides an excellent introduction to the basic concepts of the daunting area of nuclear physics. Logically structured and clearly written, this is the book of choice for anyone entering the field of nuclear medicine, including nuclear medicine residents and fellows, cardiac nuclear medicine fellows and nuclear medicine technology students. The text is also a handy quick-reference guide for those already working in the field of nuclear physics.This new edition provides a basic introduction to nuclear physics and the interactions of radiation and matter. The authors also provide comprehensive coverage of instrumentation and imaging, with separate chapters devoted to SPECT, PET, and PET/CT. Discussion of radiation biology, radiation safety and care of victims of radiation accidents completes the text, with an appendix containing the latest NRC rules and regulations. Essential Nuclear Medicine Physics presents difficult concepts clearly and concisely, defines all terminology for the reader, and facilitates learning through extensive illustrations and self-assessment questions.

✦ Table of Contents

Essential Nuclear Medicine Physics......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Contributing author......Page 11
1 Basic Nuclear Medicine Physics......Page 12
2 Interaction of Radiation with Matter......Page 31
3 Formation of Radionuclides......Page 40
4 Nonscintillation Detectors......Page 48
5 Nonimaging Scintillation Detectors......Page 63
6 Imaging Instrumentation......Page 76
7 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)......Page 96
8 Positron Emission Tomography (PET)......Page 125
9 Combined PET/CT Imaging......Page 139
10 Quality Control......Page 147
11 Radiation Biology......Page 162
12 Radiation Dosimetry......Page 174
13 Radiation Safety......Page 178
14 Management of Nuclear Event Casualties......Page 185
Recommending Reading......Page 199
Appendix A. Common Nuclides......Page 201
Appendix B. Major Dosimetry for Common Pharmaceuticals......Page 202
Appendix C. Sample Calculations of the S Value......Page 205
Appendix D. Guide to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Publications......Page 208
Answers......Page 210
Index......Page 214

✦ Subjects

Медицинские дисциплины;Ядерная медицина;