Editorial Review:

Experts in their fields provide up-to-date, comprehensive information on the physics underlying modern nuclear medicine and imaging using radioactively labeled tracers. They examine every aspect of the field--from basic atomic physics through radioactivity, isotope production, interaction of radiation with matter, radiation detection, and imaging systems. Examples are presented with solutions worked out in step-by-step detail, illustrating important concepts and calculations.

• Features a brand-new author, Dr. Simon Cherry, who contributes his cutting-edge knowledge in nuclear medicine instrumentation.
  
• Presents a new introductory chapter, "What is Nuclear Medicine."
  
• Revises and updates all chapters and appendices.
  
• Discusses the hottest topics in the field, including isotope production and tracer synthesis · image quality in nuclear medicine · tomographic reconstruction in nuclear medicine · SPECT · PET · computers in nuclear medicine · and more.
  
• Explains the analytic equations that describe the physics involved and illustrates them with graphs to make the material accessible to the non-math expert.
  
• Provides more advanced mathematics and concepts in appendices.
  
• Includes many new illustrations and examples throughout.
  
• Reorganizes several chapters, providing a more logical flow of information.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

one of the best text book:

I like this text book..It is a great introductory book, very clear explanations, good references...It helped me a lot for my dissertation

Great introduction to Nuclear Medicine instrumentation:

A great deal of the information that you will need to get your feet wet in the field of Nuclear Medicine physics is contained in this book. I have used it to teach medical residents and it follows the board exam material pretty faithfully. Well written.

Classic nuclear medicine textbook:

Simon Cherry has recently updated this venerated classic textbook originally written by Michael Phelps and Jim Sorenson. The revised and expanded book makes a timely contribution to modern imaging. I just used this book as a supplement to a graduate course at San Diego State University on "Physics of Imaging". It is clear, thorough and very well written. Steven Goetsch, Ph.D.

The "Standard text" for nuclear medicine physics:

"Sorenson and Phelps" is now "Cherry, Sorenson and Phelps." It is still the standard text for nuclear medicine physics, covering the topics well for the radiology resident, nuclear medicine resident or fellow, or a beginning medical physicist. While clearly (in my opinion) the best text in its field, I would suggest that the authors give future consideration for a companion CD ROM (as in many new texts) that helps the reader understand some of the more complex topics, and that they give more treatment to... more info

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