02880nam a22003614u 450000100220000000300060002200500170002800700150004500800410006002000300010102400310013104100080016210000250017024501050019525000060030026000160030626400160032230000120033833600260035033700260037633800360040234700210043834700080045952014250046765000340189265000190192665000270194565302020197277600360217485600640221085601020227485601420237610.1002/9781394299034Wiley20251030120308.0cr nn 008mam|a240702t2024||||xxu    fs|   |0|| 0|eng||  a9781394299034qelectronic7 a10.1002/97813942990342doi  aeng1 aSakho, Ibrahima4aut10aNuclear Physics 2bRadiochronometers and Radiopharmaceuticalsh[electronic resource]cIbrahima Sakho  a1  bWileyc2024 1bWileyc2024  a256pp.;  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext file2rdaft  bPDF  aNuclear Physics 2 explores the applications of various radioisotopes for dating and nuclear medicine imaging. It introduces the theoretical and experimental facts from the observation of the red shift in the spectrum of galaxies (1913), and the discovery of the cosmic microwave background (1965) that led to the validation of the Big Bang model, through which all known chemical elements are created via nucleosynthesis processes. This introduction is followed by a description of the nuclear reactions involved in primordial, stellar, and explosive. The principles of carbon-14, potassium-argon, uranium-thorium and uranium-protactinium dating, along with the principles of lead-210, caesium-137 and beryllium-7 radiochronometers applied to dating, are also described. An overview of the birth of nuclear medicine is given, from the first use of radioisotopes as tracers in plant biology in 1913, to the development of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in 1975. The method of synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals, quality control of radiopharmaceuticals and the experimental methods of the determination of radiochemical purity are presented. The description of the principles of PET and Single-Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT), the presentation of the different radioisotopes used in TEMPS and PET, as well as the presentation of the main scintigraphies and their uses in nuclear medicine conclude the topics studied. 4aNuclear & High Energy Physics 4aNuclear Energy 4aPhysics Special Topics00anuclear physics; radioisotopes; nuclear medicine imaging; nucleosynthesis processes; nuclear reactions; Positron Emission Tomography (PET); Single-Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT); scintigraphies08iPrinted edition:z978178630733040uhttps://doi.org/10.1002/9781394299034aWiley Online Library40uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showBook?doi=10.1002%2F9781394299034aWiley Online Library423Cover Imageuhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/49337d4e-7e5c-4925-aff6-b20bcd179f81/9781394299034.cover.gifaWiley Online Library