Nuclear Medicine Physics
A Handbook for Teachers and Students

D. Bailey (Author), A. van Aswegen (Author), A. Todd-Pokropek (Author), J. Humm (Author)

9789201438102

Paperback / softback, published 30 March 2015

736 pages, 237 illustrations
24.3 x 15.4 x 4.3 cm, 1.325 kg

This publication provides the basis for the education of medical physicists initiating their university studies in the field of nuclear medicine. The handbook includes 20 chapters and covers topics relevant to nuclear medicine physics, including basic physics for nuclear medicine, radionuclide production, imaging and non-imaging detectors, quantitative nuclear medicine, internal dosimetry in clinical practice and radionuclide therapy. It provides, in the form of a syllabus, a comprehensive overview of the basic medical physics knowledge required for the practice of medical physics in modern nuclear medicine.