Nuclear medicine physics : The Basics / Ramesh Chandra.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic review -- Nuclides and radioactive processes -- Radioactivity : law of decay, half-life, and statistics -- Production of radionuclides -- Radiopharmaceuticals -- Interaction of high-energy radiation with matter -- Radiation dosimetry -- Detection of high-energy radiation -- In vitro radiation detection -- In vivo radiation detection : basic problems, probes, and rectilinear scanners -- In vivo radiation detection : scintillation camera -- Operational characteristics and quality control of a scintillation camera -- Detectability of final contrast in an image -- Emission computed tomography -- Biological effects of radiation and risk evaluation from radiation exposure -- Methods of safe handling of radionuclides and pertaining rules and regulations -- Appendix A. Physical characteristics of some radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine -- Appendix B. CGS and SI units -- Appendix C. Exponential table -- Appendix D. Radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine -- Appendix E. Organ masses of a standard man.