An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclear Medicine

ISBN-13: 9781643270319 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 94 str.

Laura Harkness-Brennan

Opis

Offers an insight into the physics of nuclear medicine by explaining the principles of radioactivity, how radionuclides are produced and administered as radiopharmaceuticals to the body and how radiation can be detected and used to produce images for diagnosis.

Spis treści

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Author biography
• 1. Introduction
• 2. A brief history of nuclear medicine
• 3. Radioactivity
• 4. Radionuclide production
• 5. Radiation interactions with matter
• 6. Radiation detection
• 7. Imaging
• 8. Radionuclide therapy
• Appendix A