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UNINA9910800051903321 |
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Nuclear medicine physics / / edited by J.J. Pedroso de Lima |
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Boca Raton : , : CRC Press |
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Coimbra : , : Coimbra University Press, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-429-13853-9 |
1-58488-796-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (522 p.) |
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Collana |
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Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LimaJ. J. Pedroso de (Joao Jose Pedroso) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical physics |
Radioisotope scanning |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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