Chandra, Ramesh.

Nuclear medicine physics: the basics / Ramesh Chandra - 7a ed. - Filadelfia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2012 - xv, 208 p.: il.; 26 cm.

Índice: p. 203-208.

Basic Review. -- Nuclides and radioactive processes. -- Radiactivity: law of decay, lalf-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 or final contrast in an image. -- Emission computed tomography. -- Biological effects of radiation and risk evaluation from radiation exposure. -- Methods os safe handling of radionuclides and pertaining rules and regulations.

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