Nuclear medicine and PET/CT technology and techniques /

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Corporate Author: Rittenhouse (Firm)
Other Authors: Waterstram-Rich, Kristen M., 1954- |e editor, Gilmore, David (Assistant professor of medical imaging) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier Inc, 2017
Edition:Eighth edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT: Technology and Techniques; Contents ; 01
  • Foundations; 1
  • Mathematics and Statistics; Fundamentals; Scientific Notation; Fractions and Percentages; Algebraic Equations and Ratios; Inverse Square Law; Units; Exponent Laws and Logarithms; Numeric Accuracy: Significance and Rounding; Calculators and Computer Programs; Practical applications; Radioactive Decay
  • Decay Factor Tables for Radioactive DecayConcentration-Volume Calculations; 99Mo-99mTc Radionuclide Generators; Half-Life: Biological, Physical, and Effective; Attenuation of Radiation; Graphs; Measurement of Effective Half-Life; Least Squares Curve Fitting; Other Graphs; Statistics; Mean and Standard Deviation; Gaussian Distributions; Poisson Distributions and Counting Statistics; Chi-Square Tests; t-Tests; Medical Decision Making; 2
  • Cell and Molecular Biology; Eukaryotic cell structure; Plasma Membrane; Cytoplasm; Mitochondria; Ribosomes; Endoplasmic Reticulum; Golgi Body
  • Lysosome cytoskeleton; Centrosome; Nucleus; Control of gene expression; The cell cycle; Phases of the Cell Cycle; Interphase; Cell Division; Regulation by Cyclins and Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; Checkpoints; Molecular basis of cancer; What Causes Cancer?; Genetics of Cancer; Cell Cycle and Cancer; Viruses and Cancer; Tumor Development; 3
  • General Chemistry and Biochemistry; Elements, compounds, and mixtures; Electronic Structure; Periodic Table of the Elements; Stable Electron Configurations: The Noble Gases; Ionic Compounds; Covalent Compounds; Coordinate Covalent Bonds
  • Complex Ions and Chelates laws of constant composition and multiple proportion; Atomic weights, molecular weights, and the mole concept; Solutions and colloids; Molarity; Sample Problems; Osmolarity; Dilution; Percent Concentrations; Colloids; Chemical reactions and equations; Stoichiometry; Double Displacement Reactions; Oxidation-Reduction Reactions; Electrolytic Reactions; Acids and bases; Concepts of Acids and Bases; Neutralization Reactions; Calculations; Strong versus Weak Acids and Bases; Equilibriums and equilibrium constant; The pH concept; Buffer solutions; Organic compounds
  • Types of Organic Compounds and Nomenclature; 4
  • Radiochemistry and Radiopharmacology; Production of radionuclides; Nuclear Stability; Reactor-Produced Radionuclides; Accelerator-Produced Radionuclides; Generator Systems; Technetium radiopharmaceuticals; Oxidized Technetium Complexes; Reduced Technetium Complexes; Manufacturers' Package Inserts; Gallium and indium radiopharmaceuticals; Thallium chloride; Iodinated radiopharmaceuticals; PET radiopharmaceuticals; Oxygen-15; Nitrogen-13; Carbon-11; Fluorine-18; Therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals