Chandra, Ramesh. <br/><br/>
Nuclear medicine physics :  The Basics / 
Ramesh Chandra. 
 - 6th ed. 
 - Philadelphia :  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,  1425. 
 - xiii, 201 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0781747538 9780781747530 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical physics.<br/>Nuclear medicine.<br/>Radioisotopes.<br/>Health Physics.<br/>Nuclear medicine.<br/>Radioisotopes.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.07575  / C R N