Keywords:
Medicine
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Radiology, Medical
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Nuclear medicine
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Medicine & Public Health
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Nuclear medicine
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Radiology, Medical
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Medicine
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Tomography, Emission-Computed methods
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Prospective Payment System
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Radiopharmaceuticals
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Technology, Radiologic
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Tomography, Emission-Computed instrumentation
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Positronen-Emissions-Tomografie
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Positronen-Emissions-Tomografie
Description / Table of Contents:
This book is an ideal text on PET imaging technology that focuses on the basics, such as physics, instrumentation, production of PET radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals, and regulations affecting PET. The chapters are concise but comprehensive, making the topic easily understandable, and they are complete with reviews of pertinent basic science and lists of suggested reading. Practical tables and appendixes contain a wealth of valuable data, reflecting the book's usefulness as a reference for nuclear medicine professionals, including physicians, residents, and technologists. The book also benefits technologists and residents preparing for board examinations because of its brevity and clarity of content.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVI, 208p. 64 illus, digital)
ISBN:
9780387271286
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/b138655
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b138655
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URL:
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780387213071.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Preliminaries; Preface; Contents; 1. Radioactive Decay and Interaction of Radiation with Matter; 2. PET Scanning Systems; 3. Data Acquisition and Corrections; 4. Image Reconstruction, Storage and Display; 5. Performance Characteristics of PET Scanners; 6. Cyclotron and Production of PET Radionuclides; 7. Synthesis of PET Radiopharmaceuticals; 8. Regulations Governing PET Radiopharmaceuticals; 9. Reimbursement for PET Procedures; 10. Design and Cost of PET Center; 11. Procedures for PET Studies; Appendix A. Abbreviations Used in the Text; Appendix B. Terms Used in the Text
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Appendix C. Units and ConstantsAppendix D. Estimated Absorbed Doses From Intravenous Administration of 18F-FDG and 82Rb-RbCl; Appendix E. Evaluation of Tumor Uptake of 18F-FDG by PET; Appendix F. Answers to Questions; Index
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