Focusing on radiation safety, this updated guide serves as an essential resource for nuclear medicine professionals preparing for board certification. It outlines the requirements set by the NRC for appointing radiation safety officers and details the necessary training courses. The content comprehensively covers all relevant subjects needed for both the 40-hour and 200-hour radiation safety courses, ensuring that technologists are well-equipped to handle radioactive materials safely and effectively.
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This unparalleled text on the basics of PET imaging technology is an ideal resource for technologists and residents preparing for board examinations and also serves as a useful reference for practicing nuclear medicine professionals. Written by noted author Gopal B. Saha, Ph.D., the book consists of concise but comprehensive chapters that emphasize the fundamentals, including physics, instrumentation and data acquisition, image reconstruction, production of PET radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals, and regulatory and reimbursement issues. Reviews of Dr. Saha's other best-selling titles consistently cite his ability to make difficult subjects accessible; this book is no exception. To maximize understanding, topics are complete with assessment questions, reviews of pertinent basic science, and lists of suggested reading. Helpful illustrations reinforce key concepts. A wealth of valuable data is presented in practical tables and appendixes as well. The remarkable combination of brevity and clarity of content makes it an ideal text and reference book for nuclear medicine professionals interested in basics of PET imaging.
Froma noted author comes this new edition for technologists, practitioners, residents, and students in radiology and nuclear medicine. Encompassing major topics in nuclear medicine from the basic physics of radioactive decay to instrumentation and radiobiology, it is an ideal review for Board and Registry examinations. New features in the Second Edition include: - various new scintillation and solid-state detectors - digital cameras and solid state digital cameras - elaborated description of nonuniformity and nonlinearity in images and gamma camera response to high count rates - updated description of image reconstruction using both filter backprojection and iterative methods - new chapter on computers and their use in nuclear medicine - new section on PET detectors and dual-head coincidence counters - additional information on internal dosimetry including cumulated activity, mean absorbed dose, and effective dose - expanded chapter on radiation biology including cancer risk from nuclear medicine studies - new NRC Regulations