TY - BOOK AU - Chandra, Ramesh. TI - Nuclear medicine physics: : the basics SN - 9781451109412 U1 - 616.07575 PY - 2012/// CY - Filadelfia PB - Wolters Kluwer Health KW - Medicina nuclear KW - Física médica N1 - 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 ER -