Nuclear Medicine Physics

Edited by a renown international expert in the field, Nuclear Medicine Imaging Physics presents a full description of nuclear medicine imaging physics and methodology, serving as a useful reference of the basic physics and various applications in medicine and imaging systems. Written at a level accessible for a wide audience, including graduate students, this book provides advanced knowledge of relevant physical aspects behind modern nuclear imaging techniques, from radioisotope production to data acquisition and processing. Special emphasis is placed on the physics of biological functions from the perspective of their study with radioisotopes and the biological effects of radiation.

Introduction. Radioisotopes and Radiopharmaceuticals Production. Positron Physics: Applications in Medicine and Biology. Modern Radiation Detectors and Measuring Methods. Systems in Nuclear Medicine. Imaging Methodologies. Dosimetry and Biological Effects of Radiation.