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" Physics in nuclear medicine / "
Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, Michael E. Phelps
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BL
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589543
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b418762
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| Main Entry
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Cherry, Simon R
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Physics in nuclear medicine /\ Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, Michael E. Phelps
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4th ed
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Philadelphia :: Elsevier/Saunders,, c2012
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xvii, 523 p. :: ill. (some col.) ;; 27 cm
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9781416051985 (hardback : alk. paper)
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: 1416051988 (hardback : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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What is nuclear medicine? -- Basic atomic and nuclear physics -- Modes of radioactive decay -- Decay of radioactivity -- Radionuclide and radiopharmaceutical production -- Interaction of radiation with matter -- Radiation detectors -- Electronic instrumentation for radiation detection systems -- Nuclear counting statistics -- Pulse-height spectrometry -- Problems in radiation detection and measurement -- Counting systems -- The gamma camera : basic principles -- The gamma camera : performance characteristics -- Image quality in nuclear medicine -- Tomographic reconstruction in nuclear medicine -- Single photon emission computed tomography -- Positron emission tomography -- Hybrid imaging : SPECT/CT and PET/CT -- Digital image processing in nuclear medicine -- Tracer kinetic modeling -- Internal radiation dosimetry -- Radiation safety and health physics
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Medical physics
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Nuclear medicine
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Health Physics
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Nuclear Medicine
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| Dewey Classification
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610.1/53
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R895.S58 2012
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WN 110
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2012 D-983
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Sorenson, James A.,1938-
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Phelps, Michael E
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