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Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation

Author(s): Jennifer Prekeges, MS, CNMT, Program Chair, Nuclear Medicine Technology, Bellevue College, Bellevue, Washington
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763766382
  • Paperback    314 pages      © 2011
Price: International Sales $103.95 US List
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Overview

Doody's Book Review - Score: 95, 4 Stars!

Written at the technologist level, Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation focuses on instruments essential to the practice of nuclear medicine.

Covering everything from Geiger counters to positron emission tomography systems, this text provides students with an understanding of the practical aspects of these instruments and their uses in nuclear medicine.

Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation is made up of four parts:
• Small Instruments
• Gamma Camera
• Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

By concentrating on the operation of these instruments and the potential pitfalls that they are subject to, students will be better prepared for what they may encounter during their career. Chapters include: Detectors – Gas-Filled, Scintillation and Semiconductor; Image Characteristics – SPECT, PET; Collimators; Radiation Measurements; and more.

Instructor Resources: PowerPoint Slides, Image Bank, TestBank

Review from The Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

"Overall, this text is a great compilation of information on nuclear instrumentation and a fantastic basic guide to how radiation detectors and imaging techniques work. The comprehensive look at gamma-camera image production and at all aspects of radiation detection makes this book a valuable resource for entry-level technologists. There are many useful tables on troubleshooting common problems and their possible causes.”

~ Norman E. Bolus , University of Alabama at Birmingham for The Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, August 19, 2010. Read the full review at:  http://tech.snmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/38/3/172?eaf

 

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Part I  Small Instruments
  Chapter  1  Gas-filled Detectors
  Chapter  2  Scintillation Detectors
  Chapter  3  Semiconductor Detectors
  Chapter  4  Factors relating to Radiation Measurement
Part II  Gamma Camera
  Chapter  5  The Gamma Camera
  Chapter  6  Image Digitization and Display
  Chapter  7  Collimators
  Chapter  8  Image Characteristics and Performance Measures in Planar Imaging
  Chapter  9  Departmental Quality Assurance and Quality Control of Gamma Cameras
Part III  Single Photo Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
  Chapter  10  Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
  Chapter  11  Image Characteristics and Effect of Acquisition Parameters in SPECT Imaging
  Chapter  12  Attenuation Correction, Scatter Compensation, and Resolution Recovery
  Chapter  13  Quality Control and Artifacts in SPECT
Part IV  Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
  Chapter  14  Principles of Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
  Chapter  15  PET Instrumentation
  Chapter  16  Image Characteristics, Performance Measures, and Quantitation in PET
  Chapter  17  Quality Control and Artifacts in PET
  Chapter  18  Computed Tomography and Its Application to Nuclear Medicine
Appendices  
  Appendix  A  Atomic Structure and Interactions of High-energy Radiation
  Appendix  B  Basic Electronics and Devices
  Appendix  C  Film and Film Processing
  Appendix  D  Computer Fundamentals and Systems
  Appendix  E  Collimator Mathematics
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Jennifer Prekeges, MS, CNMT-Program Chair, Nuclear Medicine Technology, Bellevue College, Bellevue, Washington

Jennifer Prekeges received her bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry in 1979 from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA.  She was trained as a nuclear medicine technologist under Paul Brown at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Portland, OR, and returned to her home city of Seattle to work thereafter. She earned a master’s degree in radiologic sciences from the University of Washington in 1988, where her graduate research involved the proposed PET hypoxia imaging agent fluoromisonidazole. She founded the Bellevue College nuclear medicine technology program in 1989, and ran the program for 14 years while working as a staff nuclear medicine technologist at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. She came to the college on a full-time basis in 2003. In addition to her efforts on behalf of her program, Jennifer has served the profession in a variety of ways. She has been co-president of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section; board member and secretary of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board; and reviewer and associate editor of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. In addition to this text, she has authored a number of articles and one book chapter.

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  • "Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation is appropriate for my Nuclear Instrumentation course. It has a great layout and is well organized."

    ~Howard Bacon, Amarillo College

  • "This easy to follow, well-illustrated book on the basics of nuclear medicine and PET/CT instrumentation is a valuable teaching and learning tool. It is intended primarily for nuclear medicine/PET technologists, but it is an excellent read for nuclear medicine/radiology fellow, residents, and anyone who wants a well-written explanation of nuclear medicine/PET instrumentation. The author has 20 years of experience in the field as well as many years of experience as an educator. This is an ideal additional educational resource if it is not used as a required first-line text. I can think of no better use than as a review for radiology residents about to take their radiology boards."
     

    ~ Frank G. Steffel, BS, United Regional Medical Services, Inc. (for Doody's Book Review, April 2010. Score 95 - 4 Stars)

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Appropriate Courses: Nuclear Medicine Physics, Nuclear Medicine Equipment, Gamma Cameras, Radiology.

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