Nuclear medicine physics : a handbook for students and teachers

technical editors D.L. Bailey...[et al.] ; International Atomic Energy Agency.

Vienna : IAEA, 2014.

736 págs. : ilustraciones (algunas col.) ; 24 cm.

ISBN: 789201438102

Modo de acceso: World Wide Web.

STI/PUB/1617.

Endorsed by: American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Asia–Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics, Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics, Federation of African Medical Physics Organisations, World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology.

Título tomado de la versión electrónica (consultado: 19.08.15).

Resumen: 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.

Includes bibliographical references.