Essentials of nuclear medicine physics, instrumentation, and radiation biology

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Title:

Author:

Powsner, Rachel A., author.

ISBN:

9781119621027

9781119621010

9781119621003

Uniform Title:

Essentials of nuclear medicine physics

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 288 pages) : illustrations

General Note:

Preceded by: Essentials of nuclear medicine physics and instrumentation / Rachel A. Powsner, Matthew R. Palmer, Edward R. Powsner. Third edition. Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Contents:

Basic nuclear medicine physics -- Interaction of radiation with matter -- Formation of radionuclides -- Nonscintillation detectors -- Scintillation detectors -- Imaging instrumentation -- Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) -- Positron emission tomography (PET) -- X-ray computed tomography (CT) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- Hybrid imaging systems -- Image reconstruction, processing, and display -- Information technology -- Quality control -- Radiation biology -- Radiation dosimetry -- Radiation safety -- Radiopharmaceutical therapy -- Management of nuclear event casualties / Kevin Donohoe, Rachel A. Powsner, Edward R. Powsner -- Appendices. Common nuclides -- Major dosimetry for common pharmaceuticals -- Guide to nuclear regulatory commission (NRC) publications -- Recommended reading by topic.

Abstract:

"Clear and simple guidance with excellent illustrations and examples . New chapter on basic MRI physics and instrumentation. New and refreshed discussions of the very latest technological advances in PET-MRI/SPECT/CT. Fully revised throughout"-- Provided by publisher.

Local Note:

John Wiley and Sons

Subject Term:

Nuclear Medicine -- instrumentation

Nuclear Physics

Radiation, Ionizing

Radiation Effects