Nuclear medicine has become an ever-changing and expanding diagnostic and therapeutic medical profession. The day-to-day innovations seen in the field are, in great part, due to the integration of many scientific bases with complex technologic advances. The aim of this reference book, Basic Sciences of Nuclear Medicine, is to provide the reader with a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the scientific bases of nuclear medicine, covering the different topics and concepts that underlie many of the investigations and procedures performed in the field. Topics include radiation and nuclear physics, Tc-99m chemistry, single-photon radiopharmaceuticals and PET chemistry, radiobiology and radiation dosimetry, image processing, image reconstruction, quantitative SPECT imaging, quantitative cardiac SPECT, small animal imaging (including multimodality hybrid imaging, e.g., PET/CT, SPECT/CT, and PET/MRI), compartmental modeling, and tracer kinetics.

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Basic physics of nuclear medicine: Radiation physics
Interaction of radiation with matter
Radiochemistry and radiopharmaceuticals: production of radionuclides
Technetium radiopharmaceuticals
Iodinated radiopharmaceuticals
Radionuclides used for therapy
Quality control of radiopharmaceuticals
PET radiopharmaceuticals
Radiation detection instruments
Radiation dosimetry: Definitions and basic quantities
Radiation dosimetry: Formulations, models, and measurements
Radiobiology: Concepts and basic principles
Image display and processing
Gamma camera: Basic principles and performance characteristics
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
SPECT degrading factors
Quantitative cardiac SPECT
SPECT/CT hybrid imaging
PET imaging
PET/CT hybrid imaging
Tracer kinetic modeling: Basics, concepts, and applications
Small animal imaging
Imaging informatics.