Handbook of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging for Physicists - Three Volume Set
Format:Set / collection
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:27th May '24
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- Set / collection£475.00(9781138593350)
This state-of-the-art set of handbooks provides medical physicists with a comprehensive overview of the field of nuclear medicine. In addition to describing the underlying, fundamental theories of the field, it includes the latest research and explores the practical procedures, equipment, and regulations that are shaping the field and it's future. This set is split into three volumes, respectively titled: Instrumentation and Imaging Procedures; Modelling, Dosimetry and Radiation Protection; and Radiopharmaceuticals and Clinical Applications.
Volume one, Instrumentation and Imaging Procedures, focuses primarily on providing a comprehensive review into the detection of radiation, beginning with an introduction to the history of nuclear medicine to the latest imaging technology. Volume two, Modelling, Dosimetry and Radiation Protection, explores the applications of mathematical modelling, dosimetry, and radiation protection in nuclear medicine. The third and final volume, Radiopharmaceuticals and Clinical Applications, highlights the production and application of radiopharmaceuticals and their role in clinical nuclear medicine practice.
These books will be an invaluable resource for libraries, institutions, and clinical and academic medical physicists searching for a complete account of what defines nuclear medicine.
- The most comprehensive reference available providing a state-of-the-art overview of the field of nuclear medicine
- Edited by a leader in the field, with contributions from a team of experienced medical physicists, chemists, engineers, scientists, and clinical medical personnel
- Includes the latest practical research in the field, in addition to explaining fundamental theory and the field's history <
"This is a high quality, three volume set, bound in striking glossy red and black. The formatting is clear and the text printed in dark grey ink, an unusual choice that nevertheless makes the dense pages of text, formulae, grey and white diagrams and photographs an easier read during prolonged study. Edited by professor of medical radiation physics Michael Ljungberg from Lund University, a renowned authority on Monte Carlo modelling, it includes contributions from medical physicists who will be familiar names to many in the UK community. The content is predominantly written from a European perspective, although a chapter on the IAEA is included to provide some broader international context.
Volume I covers instrumentation and imaging procedures. This wideranging volume opens with a brief history of nuclear medicine before moving on to discuss radiation and detector physics, and the details of gamma cameras, PET, CT, MR and hybrid systems, as well as more niche imaging technologies. There are shorter chapters on acquisition protocols for clinical imaging, providing examples of how this knowledge is applied in practice. Volume II covers modelling, dosimetry and radiation protection. This volume provides the reader with a grounding in biostatistics, radiobiology, kinetic analysis and radiation protection, before a detailed and focused discussion of the application of these principles in dosimetry and radiation safety. Volume III covers radiopharmaceuticals and clinical applications. It begins with an overview of the principles behind radiopharmacy before moving on to the details of radiopharmaceuticals, all aspects of their production, and both clinical and research applications…The set covers a wide range of relevant material…each chapter stands on its own merits and provides valuable, in-depth information from subject experts…Ljundberg’s trilogy would make an excellent addition to any nuclear medicine department library."
— Dr Heather Williams, consultant medical physicist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester in RAD Magazine, May, 2023
ISBN: 9781032058788
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1700g
1024 pages