Physics in Nuclear Medicine
The Gamma Camera: Basic Principles and Performance Characteristics and Digital Image Processing in Nuclear Medicine: Hybrid Imaging: SPECT/CT and PET/CT.
Abstract
1. What is Nuclear Medicine? 2. Basic Atomic and Nuclear Physics 3. Modes of Radioactive Decay 4. Decay of Radioactivity 5. Radionuclide and Radiopharmaceutical Production 6. Interaction of Radiation with Matter 7. Radiation Detectors 8. Electronic Instrumentation for Radiation Detection Systems 9. Nuclear Counting Statistics 10. Pulse-Height Spectrometry 11. Problems in Radiation Detection and Measurement 12. Counting Systems 13. The Gamma Camera: Basic Principles 14. The Gamma Camera: Performance Characteristics 15. Image Quality in Nuclear Medicine 16. Tomographic Reconstruction in Nuclear Medicine 17. Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography 18. Positron Emission Tomography 19. Hybrid Imaging: SPECT/CT and PET/CT 20. Digital Image Processing in Nuclear Medicine 21. Tracer Kinetic Modeling 22. Internal Radiation Dosimetry 23. Radiation Safety and Health Physics Appendice A Appendice B Appendice C Appendice D Appendice E Appendice F Appendice G