Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine

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Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine Third Edition ...

Gopal B. Saha, Ph.D. Department of Molecular and Functional Imaging The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Physics and Radiobiology of ...

Gopal B. Saha, Ph.D. Department of Molecular and Functional Imaging The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH 44195 USA Libr ...

To All my benefactors ...

Preface A new edition of a book is always warranted when it needs to be updated because of advances in the field over time. Alth ...

I would like to thank the members of our department for their assistance in many ways. I am thankful and grateful to Mrs. Rita K ...

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Chapter 1 Structure of Matter Preface vii Matter and Energy Radiation The Atom Electronic Structure of the Atom Structure of ...

1 Structure of Matter 1 Matter and Energy The existence of the universe is explained by two entities: matter and energy. These t ...

1.Particulate radiations:Examples of these radiations are energetic elec- trons, protons, neutrons,a-particles, and so forth. Th ...

The Atom For the purpose of this book, the atom can be considered as the smallest unit in the composition of matter. The atom is ...

denoted by integers, for example, 1 for the Kshell, 2 for the Lshell, 3 for the Mshell, 4 for the Nshell, and 5 for the Oshell. ...

Elements having electronic configurations different from that of the noble gases either lose or gain electrons to achieve the st ...