Nuclear Medicine Physics (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)

Abstract

This book, Nuclear Medicine Imaging Physics, aims at providing a series of contributions, mainly in areas of physics that are related to the theoretical bases of NM and its pplications, some of which cannot be currently found in text books or, at least, in the perspective and detail that new or advanced approaches may require. The subjects have been selected according to their direct potential interest toNMtodayortodisciplinesparticularlyconcernedwiththeapplicationsof this science. Areasonablebackgroundinmathematicsandradiationphysics thebasics of biology and human physiology and an understanding of linear and nonlinear system theory, model building, and simulation (linear and nonlinear) are recommended. The book covers the following themes: the production of radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, positron physics and positron applications in medicine and biology, modern radiation detectors and measuring methods, systemsinNM,imagingmethodologies,dosimetry,andthebiologicaleffects of radiation.