Authors: Ramesh Chandra & Arman Rahmim
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer (Nov. 2017; Philadelphia, PA)
Edition: 8th
Book or eBook at: Amazon (US, Canada, UK, etc.), Google (with Preview), Wolters Kluwer
Overview: Part of the renowned The Basics series of medical physics books, and originally authored by Dr. Chandra, this has been a classic text for nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and radiology residents, fellows and practitioners, as well as medical physicists and radiologic technologists. This newly co-authored 8th edition includes substantial updates and expansion.
The book (237 pages) 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
Contact us: If you have any feedback, suggestions or corrections, we would be very glad to hear from you: arman.rahmim@ubc.ca