a ISBN 978-14-1605198-5

a ISBN 1-416-05198-8

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number WN110

b Item number .S58 2012

a Dewey Classification 610.1/53

a Personal name Cherry, Simon R.

a Title Physics in nuclear medicine /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, Michael E. Phelps.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Philadelphia :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Elsevier/Saunders,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc c2012.

a Extent xvii, 523 p. :

b Other physical details ill. (some col.) ;

c Dimensions 27 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Formatted contents note What is nuclear medicine -- Basic atomic and nuclear physics -- Modes of radioactive decay -- Decay of radioactivity -- Isotope production & tracer synthesis -- 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 -- Gamma camera performance characteristics -- Image quality in nuclear medicine -- Tomographic reconstruction in nuclear medicine -- Single photon emission computed tomography -- Positron emission tomography -- Multimodality imaging : SPECT/CT and PET/CT -- Data acquisition and digital image processing in nuclear medicine -- Tracer kinetic modeling -- Internal radiation dosimetry -- Radiation safety and health physics.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medical physics.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Nuclear medicine.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Health Physics.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Nuclear Medicine.

a Personal name Sorenson, James A.,

d Dates associated with a name 1938-

a Personal name Phelps, Michael E.