TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harkness-Brennan,Laura
ED  - Institute of Physics (Great Britain),
TI  - An introduction to the physics of nuclear medicine
T2  - [IOP release $release]
SN  - 9780750351973
AV  - R895 .H375 2023eb
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK)
PB  - IOP Publishing
KW  - Nuclear medicine
KW  - Medical physics
KW  - Physics
KW  - Applied physics
KW  - bicssc
KW  - MEDICAL / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - "Version: 20230401"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references; 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Building blocks of matter -- 1.2. Fundamental forces -- 1.3. Overview of nuclear medicine; 2. A brief history of nuclear medicine -- 2.1. Radioactivity -- 2.2. Production of radionuclides for medicine -- 2.3. Diagnostic imaging; 3. Radioactivity -- 3.1. Nuclear stability -- 3.2. Radioactive decay processes -- 3.3. Radioactive decay law; 4. Radionuclide production -- 4.1. Radionuclide selection -- 4.2. Cyclotrons -- 4.3. Nuclear reactors -- 4.4. Radionuclide generators -- 4.5. Production yield -- 4.6. Emerging radiopharmaceuticals; 5. Radiation interactions with matter -- 5.1. Gamma-ray interaction mechanisms -- 5.2. Charged particle interaction mechanisms; 6. Radiation detection -- 6.1. Gas detectors -- 6.2. Semiconductor detectors -- 6.3. Scintillation detectors -- 6.4. Performance of radiation detectors; 7. Imaging -- 7.1. Gamma camera -- 7.2. Single photon emission computed tomography -- 7.3. Positron emission tomography -- 7.4. Dual modality imaging -- 7.5. Deep learning in nuclear medicine -- 7.6. Intraoperative nuclear probes; 8. Radionuclide therapy -- 8.1. Principles of radiotherapy -- 8.2. Medical internal radiation dosimetry (MIRD); 9. Monte Carlo in nuclear medicine -- 9.1. Monte Carlo methods -- 9.2. Applications in nuclear medicine -- Appendix A. Chemical symbols; Third/Fourth level courses and students in medical physics. Will be used by the author for her course 'Physics with Medical Applications'; Also available in print
N2  - Nuclear medicine is a medical speciality involving the application of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Procedures that involve the production and administration of radionuclides to the body for either diagnostic or therapeutic purposes fall under the remit of this field. This course text provides an introduction to key topics in nuclear medicine, from the fundamental principles of radioactivity through to the production and use of radionuclides for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. New to the second edition is a chapter on the use of Monte Carlo methods in nuclear medicine, new sections on machine learning and intraoperative nuclear probes and recent updates about novel radiopharmaceutical production. The book can be used as an informative supplement in general physics undergraduate programmes and master's postgraduate level medical physics. Part of IPEM-IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology
UR  - https://iopscience.iop.org/book/mono/978-0-7503-5197-3
ER  -