Chandra R. Nuclear Medicine Physics: The Basics

6th Edition. — Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, USA, 2004. — 253 p. — ISBN: 0781747538This widely used text is now fully updated to reflect the broad acceptance and availability of PET, including instrumentation and special radiation safety aspects. Also added are new information on radiopharmaceuticals, newer scintillation materials (BGO), fusion imaging (PET/CT and SPECT/CT), descriptions of SPECT filters, discussions on contrast detail curves, and radiation effects on cell culture. An easy-to-read format and eye-friendly internal design facilitate learning and guide readers through essential details, examples, and true-to-life problems. A testing component at the end of each chapter offers key points for review with questions and answers.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 or 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