{"product_id":"basics-of-pet-imaging-physics-chemistry-and-regulations-von-gopal-b-saha","title":"Basics of PET Imaging","description":"\u003cp\u003eofeachchapter,asappropriate,tore?ectthechangesincontents. IthankmycolleaguesattheClevelandClinicFoundationfortheirsupport in manywaysand Mrs. DianeGrif?s for kindly typingand completingthe manuscriptontime. vii viii Preface IsincerelythankAndrewMoyer,editorofradiologyandnuclearmedicine, atSpringerforsupportandencouragement,andS. GeethalakshmiSrinivasan, ProjectManager,atSPiTechnologiesIndiaPvtLtdforexcellentproduction ofthebook. Cleveland,OH GopalB. Saha Contents 1. RadioactiveDecayandInteractionofRadiationwithMatter . . . 1 AtomicStructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 RadioactiveDecay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ?Decay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ? ? Decay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 + Positron(?)Decay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ElectronCapture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 IsomericTransition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 RadioactiveDecayEquations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 GeneralDecayEquations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SuccessiveDecayEquations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 UnitsofRadioactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 UnitsofRadioactivityinSystemInternationale . . . . . . . . . 9 Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 InteractionofRadiationwithMatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 InteractionofChargedParticleswithMatter . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Interactionof?RadiationwithMatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ReferencesandSuggestedReading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. PET ScanningSystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 SolidScintillationDetectorsinPET .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781489984715\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhysics, Chemistry, and Regulations\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781489984715","offer_id":39417504890973,"sku":"9781489984715","price":90.94,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/b959441e-4b54-4643-a74b-bb97927b90e9.jpg?v=1775102705","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/basics-of-pet-imaging-physics-chemistry-and-regulations-von-gopal-b-saha","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}