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Radiopharmaceuticals.
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Pharmaceutical chemistry.
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| Descript |
1 online resource (647 pages) |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
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Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Editors and Contributors; Part I: First Principles; Why Nuclear Imaging and Radiotherapy?; Fundamentals; What Is Nuclear Medicine?; Why Nuclear Imaging?; Why Nuclear Radiotherapy?; Why Nuclear Medicine Vis-a-Vis Alternatives?; Details; Clinical Applications for Nuclear Imaging; Clinical Applications of Nuclear Radiotherapy; Tricks of the Trade; What Tools Do We Need?; Controversial Issues; Will Other Imaging and Therapeutic Approaches Replace Nuclear Approaches?; The Future; What Does the Future of Nuclear Medicine Look Like?; The Bottom Line; References. |
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A Short History of Nuclear MedicineThe Discovery of Radiation and Radioactivity; The Discovery of the Neutron; The Discovery of Artificial Radioactivity and the Tracer Principle; The Discovery and Use of the Radionuclides of Iodine; Early Studies with Radionuclides of Carbon; Post-World War II Nuclear Medicine; The 99Mo/99mTc Generator and 99mTc-Labeled Radiopharmaceuticals; Development of Imaging Instrumentation; The Production of Radionuclides; The Discovery and Applications of FDG; The Bottom Line; References |
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Velocities of β-TransformationsExcited States in β-Transformations; α-Emission; From β-Transformation to α-Emission; From α-Transformations to β-Processes; Simultaneous β- and α-Emission; Energetics of α-Emission; Velocities of Transformation; Quantum Mechanics of α-Transformation Phenomena; Excited States in α-Transformations; Spontaneous Fission; Secondary Transformations; From Primary to Secondary Transformations; Options for Secondary Emissions; Conversion Electrons; Pair Formation; Post-processes of Primary Transformations and Secondary Transitions; Vacancies of Shell Electrons. |
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Post-Effects Caused by Emitted ElectronsSummary; References; Methods for the Production of Radionuclides for Medicine; Overview; Radionuclides Found in Nature; Nuclear Reactions; The Energetics of Nuclear Reactions; The Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactors; The Production of Radionuclides in Nuclear Reactors; Nuclear Reaction Cross Sections; Neutron-Capture Reactions; Target Considerations; (n,γ) Reactions and Specific Activity; Fission Reactions; (n,p) and (2n,γ) Reactions; Fundamentals of Cyclotrons; Plasma/Ion Source; Acceleration and Constraining Forces; Equations of the Motion of Particles. |
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The Basics of Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry: An Introduction to Nuclear Transformations and Radioactive Emissions ; Processes of Transformations: Overview; Composition and Mass of an Atomic Nucleus; Mass and Mass Defect; Binding Energy; Models; From Stable to Unstable Nuclei; Transformation, non "Decay"; β-Transformations; Three Pathways: β--Process, β+-Process, and Electron Capture (ε); Quarks: The Elementary Particles Behind the Nucleons; Energetics of β-Transformations: Values of ΔE and Q; Kinetic Energetics of β-Transformation Products; Quantum Theory of β-Transformation Phenomena. |
| Note |
325 annual accesses. UkHlHU |
| Alt author |
Lewis, Jason, (Jason S.), editor.
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Windhorst, Albert D., editor.
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Zeglis, Brian M., editor.
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| ISBN |
9783319989471 (electronic bk.) |
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