Physics in nuclear medicine / Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, Michael E. Phelps.
By: Cherry, Simon R
Contributor(s): Sorenson, James A | Phelps, Michael E
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TextPublisher: Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012Edition: 4th edDescription: xvii, 523 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN: 9781416051985 (hardback : alk. paper); 1416051988 (hardback : alk. paper)Subject(s): Medical physics | Nuclear medicine | Health Physics | Nuclear MedicineDDC classification: 610.153 LOC classification: R895 | .S58 2012| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Mangalore University Library | 610.153 CHE (Browse shelf) | Available | 151795 |
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.
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