Powsner, Rachel A.

Essential nuclear medicine physics / Rachel A. Powsner, Edward R. Powsner. - 2nd ed. - Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2006. - viii, 206 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Essentials of nuclear medicine physics. 1998.

Basic nuclear medicine physics -- Interaction of radiation with matter -- Formation of radionuclides -- Nonscintillation detectors -- Nonimaging scintillation detectors -- Imaging instrumentation -- Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) -- Positron emission tomography (PET) -- PET/CT -- Quality control -- Radiation biology -- Radiation dosimetry -- Radiation safety -- Radiation accidents.

9781405104845 (alk. paper) 1405104848 (alk. paper)


Nuclear medicine.
Medical physics.
Nuclear medicine.
Accidents, Radiation--prevention & control.
Nuclear physics.
Radiation Effects.
Radiation.

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