Our book has now been finally published: “Nuclear Medicine Physics: The Basics” (Paperback)
Authors: Ramesh Chandra and Arman Rahmim
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer (Nov. 2017; Philadelphia, PA)
Edition: 8th
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Overview: Part of the renowned The Basics series of medical physics books, and originally authored by Dr. Chandra decades ago, this has been a classic text for nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and radiology residents, fellows and practitioners, medical physicists and radiologic technologists. This newly co-authored effort has lead to a substantially updated and expanded 8th edition.
The book covers a wide range of topics on radioactivity, radiopharmaceuticals, in vitro and in vivo detection, radiation dosimetry/risk/regulations, imaging devices (gamma camera, SPECT, PET), quality assurance, image reconstruction/processing, etc., with 18 chapters:
- 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 Scintillation Camera
- Computer Interfacing and Image Processing
- Operational Characteristics and Quality Control of a Scintillation Camera
- Emission computed tomography (ECT), General Principles
- Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Detectability or Final Contrast in an Image
- Biological Effects of Radiation and Risk Evaluation from Radiation Exposure
- Methods of Safe Handling of Radionuclides and Pertaining Rules and Regulations
