Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics
By: by Klaus Bethge, Gerhard Kraft, Peter Kreisler, Gertrud Walter
Contributors: Kraft, Gerhard; Kreisler, Peter; Walter, Gertrud
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering; Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9783642058707; 9783662086087
Subjects: Nuclear medicine; Physics
Description: Methods involving nuclear physics are today finding applications in many disciplines, including important areas of medicine. This book intends to bridge the gap between the many applications in medicine and the underlying basic nuclear physics which needs to be understood by those applying the methods. In addition, those active in nuclear science will gain insight into the manifold applications of their subject. The main topics of the book are: physical foundations, instrumentation, diagnostics (imaging), therapies and radiation safety. The book will appeal to medical doctors active in nuclear medicine as well as to medical physicists.
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Table of contents: title: Scientific Foundations; title: Interaction of Photon Radiation and Swift Particles with Matter; title: Diagnostic Imaging; title: Detectors; title: Radiation Sources; title: Radiation Safety and Dose Limitations; title: Magnetic Resonance in Medical Diagnostics; title: Isotopes as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools; title: Irradiation Processes; title: Hadron Therapy: Its Physical and Radiobiological Basis and Realization; title: Appendix: Units and Physical Constants.