Essential nuclear medicine physics
Title:
Essential nuclear medicine physics
Author:
Powsner, Rachel A.
Publication Information:
Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
Physical Description:
viii, 206 p. : ill.
General Note:
Rev. ed. of: Essentials of nuclear medicine physics. 1998.
Contents:
Basic nuclear medicine physics -- Interaction of radiation with matter -- Formation of radionuclides -- Nonscintillation detectors -- Nonimaging scintillation detectors -- Imaging instrumentation -- Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) -- Positron emission tomography (PET) -- PET/CT -- Quality control -- Radiation biology -- Radiation dosimetry -- Radiation safety -- Radiation accidents.
