Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine

Precision.A term used to indicate the reproducibility of the measurement of a quantity when measurements are made repeatedly. Qu ...

Chapter 6 (a) 7.32 HVLs (b) 8 HVLs 10 HVLs 2.31 cm 2 mm Chapter 8 (a) 25% (b) 50% 61.4% Chapter 9 (c) 1911 counts/cm^2 Cha ...

A Aberration, chromosome, 231 Absorbed dose, 208–222, 271–272 annual limit on intake (ALI), 272 committed dose equivalent, 271, ...

Index 309 Bar phantom, 122–123 Barium fluoride detector, 82–83 Becquerel (Bq), 26, 302 Beta (b−) particle, 15 average energy of, ...

310 Index Committed dose equivalent, 271, 303 Compton edge, 90 Compton electron, 62 Compton plateau, 90 Compton scattering, 62–6 ...

Index 311 germanium and silicon, 84–85 in PET scanners, 183 liquid scintillation, 93–95 lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO), 84 of g ...

312 Index Escape peak double, 92 iodine, 91–92 single, 92 Excitation of atoms, 5, 56 Excited states, 12 Exponential decay, 22 Ex ...

Index 313 Hospital Information System (HIS), 151 Hybrid gamma camera, 191 I (^123) I (iodine-123), 48 (^124) I (iodine-124), 48 ...

314 Index Liquid scintillation counters (cont.): quenching, 94 secondary solute, 94 solubilizing agent, 94 solvent, 94 wavelengt ...

Index 315 Nuclear forces, 7 Nuclear reactors, 46 equation for production of radionuclides, 49–51 operation of, 46 production of ...

316 Index Positron emission tomography (PET) (cont.): random coincidences, 199 scatter coincidences, 200 sensitivity, 204 sinogr ...

Index 317 tissue sensitivities, 237–238 undifferentiated cells, 245 Radiation exposure sources, 268–270 types of, in dirty bomb, ...

318 Index Radioactive packages, receiving and monitoring, 280 Radioactive spill, 282 Radioactive waste disposal, 280–282 decay i ...

Index 319 Shielding in radiation protection, 276–277 Sievert (Sv), 210, 306 Single-strand break in chromosome, 231 Single channe ...

320 Index Target in production of radionuclides, 49 Target, organ, 305 Tenth value layer (TVL), 67 Terms used in the text, 302–3 ...