Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine

Description

From a distinguished author comes this new edition for technologists, practitioners, residents, and students in radiology and nuclear medicine. Encompassing major topics in nuclear medicine from the basic physics of radioactive decay to instrumentation and radiobiology, it is an ideal review for Board and Registry examinations. New features in the Second Edition include: various new scintillation and solid-state detectors; digital cameras and solid state digital cameras; elaborated description of nonuniformity and nonlinearity in images and gamma camera response to high count rates; updated description of image reconstruction using both filter backprojection and iterative methods. There is a new chapter on computers and their use in nuclear medicine, and a new section on PET detectors and dual-head coincidence counters. The book contains additional information on internal dosimetry including cumulated activity, mean absorbed dose, and effective dose. The chapter on radiation biology, including cancer risk from nuclear medicine studies, has been expanded, and the book contains new NRC Regulations.