Nuclear medicine instrumentation / Jennifer Prekeges.

Author/creator Prekeges, Jennifer
Format Book
Publication InfoSudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, ©2010.
Descriptionxxii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects
Nuclear medicine--Instruments.
Nuclear Medicine--instrumentation.
Positron-Emission Tomography--methods.
Radioisotopes--diagnostic use.
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon--methods.

Contents Gas-filled detectors -- Scintillation detectors -- Semiconductor detectors -- Factors relating to radiation measurement -- The gamma camera -- Image digitization and display -- Collimators -- Image characteristics and performance measures in planar imaging -- Departmental quality assurance and quality control of gamma cameras -- Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) -- Image characteristics and effect of acquisition parameters in SPECT imaging -- Attenuation correction, scatter compensation, and resolution recovery -- Quality control and artifacts in SPECT -- Principles of positron emission tomography (PET) -- PET instrumentation -- Image characteristics, performance measures, and quantitation in PET -- Quality control and artifacts in PET -- Computed tomography and its application to nuclear medicine -- Appendix A: Atomic structure and interactions of high-energy radiation -- Appendix B: Basic electronics and devices -- Appendix C: Film and film processing -- Appendix D: Computer fundamentals and systems -- Appendix E: Collimator mathematics.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009020230
ISBN9780763766382
ISBN0763766380