Cherry, Simon R.
Physics in nuclear medicine / Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, Michael E. Phelps. - 4th ed. - Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012. - xvii, 523 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781416051985 (hardback : alk. paper) 1416051988 (hardback : alk. paper)
2011021330
Medical physics.
Nuclear medicine.
Health Physics.
Nuclear Medicine.
R895 / .S58 2012
610.153 / CHE
WN 110
Physics in nuclear medicine / Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, Michael E. Phelps. - 4th ed. - Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012. - xvii, 523 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781416051985 (hardback : alk. paper) 1416051988 (hardback : alk. paper)
2011021330
Medical physics.
Nuclear medicine.
Health Physics.
Nuclear Medicine.
R895 / .S58 2012
610.153 / CHE
WN 110