Practical Nuclear Medicine Physics provides a readable explanation of the physics behind radiobiology, radiation detection, and molecular imaging with gamma and PET cameras. Case-based scenarios illustrate common artifacts and pitfalls, and a concluding chapter provides 20 annotated questions and answers.
Practical Nuclear Medicine Physics provides a readable explanation of the physics behind radiobiology, radiation detection, and molecular imaging with gamma and PET cameras. Case-based scenarios illustrate common artifacts and pitfalls, and a concluding chapter provides 20 annotated questions and answers.
Assistant Professor of Radiology; Clinical Director of Nuclear Medicine/Molecular Imaging, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction to Nuclear Medicine Radiation X-rays Nuclear nomenclature Nuclear radiation Electron capture Beta emission Positron emission Alpha emission Isomeric transition Gamma radiation Internal conversion Auger electrons Units of radioactivity Radiobiology Units of radiation exposure Deterministic effects Stochastic effects Radiation safety Radiation detectors - ionization detectors Ionization chambers Dose calibrators Survey meters Proportional counters Radiation detectors - single photon Collimators Scintillators Photomultiplier tubes The gamma camera Static planar imaging Dynamic imaging Gated imaging SPECT SPECT/CT Gamma probes and well counters Radiation detection - PET PET principles PET acquisition and reconstruction Time of flight PET/CT PET/MR Dose calibrator artifacts Case 1. Altitude Case 2. Geometry Case 3. Materials Gamma camera artifacts Case 1. Cracked crystal Case 2. Hygroscopic crystal Case 3. PMT malfunction Case 4. Flood nonuniformity Planar acquisition artifacts Case 1. Off peak acquisition Case 2. Motion artifact Case 3. Dose infiltration Case 4. Collimator penetration SPECT acquisition artifacts Case 1. Center of rotation error Case 2. Filtered back projection streak Case 3. Noisy images Case 4. Iterative reconstruction errors Case 5. Motion artifact PET acquisition artifacts Case 1. PMT malfunction Case 2. Crystal temperature instability Case 3. Table misregistration Case 4. Scatter correction errors Case 5. Attenuation correction errors Case 6. CT artifacts affecting PET reconstruction Dose calibrator pitfalls Case 1. Dose calibrator contamination Case 2. Wrong setting used on dose calibrator Case 3. High background activity Single photon pitfalls Case 1. Prostheses Case 2. Recent prior study Case 3. Contamination Case 4. Poor dynamic timing Case 5. Background activity PET pitfalls Case 1. Infiltration Case 2. Treatment effect mimics new disease Case 3. Misregistration and attenuation correction Case 4. Respiratory motion artifact Therapy pitfalls Case 1. Empiric dosing exceeds safe limits Case 2. GI toxicity Case 3. Radioactive vomit Case 4. Therapy infusion via indwelling catheter Puzzlers
Introduction to Nuclear Medicine Radiation X-rays Nuclear nomenclature Nuclear radiation Electron capture Beta emission Positron emission Alpha emission Isomeric transition Gamma radiation Internal conversion Auger electrons Units of radioactivity Radiobiology Units of radiation exposure Deterministic effects Stochastic effects Radiation safety Radiation detectors - ionization detectors Ionization chambers Dose calibrators Survey meters Proportional counters Radiation detectors - single photon Collimators Scintillators Photomultiplier tubes The gamma camera Static planar imaging Dynamic imaging Gated imaging SPECT SPECT/CT Gamma probes and well counters Radiation detection - PET PET principles PET acquisition and reconstruction Time of flight PET/CT PET/MR Dose calibrator artifacts Case 1. Altitude Case 2. Geometry Case 3. Materials Gamma camera artifacts Case 1. Cracked crystal Case 2. Hygroscopic crystal Case 3. PMT malfunction Case 4. Flood nonuniformity Planar acquisition artifacts Case 1. Off peak acquisition Case 2. Motion artifact Case 3. Dose infiltration Case 4. Collimator penetration SPECT acquisition artifacts Case 1. Center of rotation error Case 2. Filtered back projection streak Case 3. Noisy images Case 4. Iterative reconstruction errors Case 5. Motion artifact PET acquisition artifacts Case 1. PMT malfunction Case 2. Crystal temperature instability Case 3. Table misregistration Case 4. Scatter correction errors Case 5. Attenuation correction errors Case 6. CT artifacts affecting PET reconstruction Dose calibrator pitfalls Case 1. Dose calibrator contamination Case 2. Wrong setting used on dose calibrator Case 3. High background activity Single photon pitfalls Case 1. Prostheses Case 2. Recent prior study Case 3. Contamination Case 4. Poor dynamic timing Case 5. Background activity PET pitfalls Case 1. Infiltration Case 2. Treatment effect mimics new disease Case 3. Misregistration and attenuation correction Case 4. Respiratory motion artifact Therapy pitfalls Case 1. Empiric dosing exceeds safe limits Case 2. GI toxicity Case 3. Radioactive vomit Case 4. Therapy infusion via indwelling catheter Puzzlers
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