02983nam a22003854u 4500 10.1002/9781394299034 Wiley 20251030120308.0 cr nn 008mam|a 240702t2024||||xxu fs| |0|| 0|eng|| 9781394299034 electronic 10.1002/9781394299034 doi eng Sakho, Ibrahima aut 91610 Nuclear Physics 2 Radiochronometers and Radiopharmaceuticals [electronic resource] Ibrahima Sakho 1 Wiley 2024 Wiley 2024 256pp.; text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file rdaft PDF Nuclear 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. Nuclear & High Energy Physics 91235 Nuclear Energy 67800 Physics Special Topics 91611 nuclear physics; radioisotopes; nuclear medicine imaging; nucleosynthesis processes; nuclear reactions; Positron Emission Tomography (PET); Single-Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT); scintigraphies Printed edition: 9781786307330 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394299034 Wiley Online Library https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showBook?doi=10.1002%2F9781394299034 Wiley Online Library Cover Image https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/49337d4e-7e5c-4925-aff6-b20bcd179f81/9781394299034.cover.gif Wiley Online Library 67015 67015