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Physics, Instrumentation, and Radiation Safety and Regulations

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Nuclear Medicine imaging utilizes unsealed sources of radioactivity administered in the form of radiopharmaceuticals; the ionizing radiations which accompany the decay of the administered radioactivity can be detected, measured, and localized with specially designed instrumentation. This chapter begins with atomic and nuclear structure, radioactivity and radioactive decay, and interactions of radiation with matter. This is followed by a discussion of techniques for detection and measurement of radiation, the design and operating principle of detection and imaging instruments, instrument quality control, and radiation protection.

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  1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Pat Zanzonico

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum Westfalen - Knappschaftskrankenhaus Academic teaching hospital of the Ruhr University, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beta Klinik Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Hans-Jürgen Biersack

  3. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA

    Leonard M. Freeman

  4. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

    Lionel S. Zuckier

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Zanzonico, P. (2020). Physics, Instrumentation, and Radiation Safety and Regulations. In: Ahmadzadehfar, H., Biersack, HJ., Freeman, L., Zuckier, L. (eds) Clinical Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39457-8_1

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