Nuclear medicine physics : the basics
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Bibliographic Information
Nuclear medicine physics : the basics
Williams & Wilkins, c1998
5th ed
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Introductory physics of nuclear medicine
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Rev. ed. of: Introductory physics of nuclear medicine. 4th ed. 1992
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is an introductory book on physics and related basic sciences of nuclear medicine. The book is designed primarily for residents in radiology and nuclear medicine and students studying nuclear medicine technology
Table of Contents
- Basic review
- nuclides and radioactive processes
- radioactivity - law of decay, half-life
- production of radionuclides
- radiopharmaceuticals
- interaction of high-energy radiation with matter
- radiation of dosimetry
- detection of high-energy radiation
- in-vitro radiation detection
- in-vitro radiation detection - basic problems, probes and rectilinear scanners
- in-vitro radiation detection - scintillation cameras
- operational characteristics and quality control
- 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.
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