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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459467803321

Titolo

Nuclear medicine physics / / edited by J.J. Pedroso de Lima

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press

Coimbra : , : Coimbra University Press, , 2011

ISBN

0-429-13853-9

1-58488-796-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (522 p.)

Collana

Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering

Altri autori (Persone)

LimaJ. J. Pedroso de (Joao Jose  Pedroso)

Disciplina

610.1/53

Soggetti

Medical physics

Radioisotope scanning

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Contents; About the Series; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Cyclotron and Radionuclide Production; Chapter 3: Positron Physics; Chapter 4: Radiopharmaceuticals: Developmentand Main Applications; Chapter 5: Radiation Detectors and Image Formation; Chapter 6: Imaging Methodologies; Chapter 7: Systems in Nuclear Medicine; Chapter 8: Dosimetry and Biological Effects of Radiation; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Edited by a renown international expert in the field, Nuclear Medicine Physics presents a full description of nuclear medicine imaging physics and methodology, serving as a useful reference of the basic physics and various applications in medicine and imaging systems. Written at a level accessible for a wide audience, including graduate students, this book provides advanced knowledge of relevant physical aspects behind modern nuclear imaging techniques, from radioisotope production to data acquisition and processing. Special emphasis is placed on the physics of biological functions from the perspective of their study with radioisotopes and the biological effects of radiation--Provided by publisher.