Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine features:

• References to the most up-to-date work done in the field
• Describes the newest techniques and applications of nuclear medicine in diagnostics and therapeutics
• Includes a new section of imaging instrumentation
• Offers numerous tables and figures to uniquely illustrate key concepts at a glance

Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine provides the latest technological advances and expanded responsibilities of today's NMT while laying a solid foundation for understanding the basic physics behind the technology.

Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine devotes considerable attention to the science and practice of safety techniques and includes information on rules and regulations.

Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine incorporates many updates and additions such as:

• Recent modifications to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations specific to the use of radiopharmaceuticals in medicine
• The growing popularity of metabolic imaging with positron emissions tomography (PET)
• The benefits of merging two modalities, namely, the images of PET and computerized tomography (CT) into one short scanning procedure
• The new role of therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals that use molecular targeting as a method of localization

Contents

Principles of Radiation Physics

• Rationale
• Brief History of Radiation Science
• Matter and Energy
• Atomic Structure and Radioactivity
• Particle Interactions
• Gamma Ray Interactions
• Gamma Ray Interactions with Lead and Water

Units of Radiation Exposure and Dose

• Rationale
• Basic Concepts
• Other Concepts
• Specific Gamma Constant
• About S.I. Units

Guidelines for Radiation Protection

• Rationale
• National and International Agencies
• Radiation Safety and the Law
• Types of Radiation Effects
• Recommended Dose Limits
• Radiation Safety Practice

Radiation Detection and Measurement

• Rationale
• Fundamentals
• Gas Detectors
• Scintillation Detectors
• Imaging Instrumentation
• Statistics of Counting
• Making Decisions
• Minimum Detectable Activity (MDA)
• Quality Assurance of Radiation Counters

Radiation Safety in the Nuclear Medicine Department

• Rationale
• Design of the NM Department
• Description of Some Areas
• Molecular Medicine
• The Radiation Safety Program (RSP)
• Radiation Safety Committee (RSC)
• Radiation Safety Officer (RSO)
• Radioactive Materials License
• Quality Management Program (QMP)
• The ALARA Program
• The Practice of Radiation Safety

Safe Handling of Radioactivity

• Rationale
• Minimizing External Exposures
• Preventing Internal Contamination
• Laboratory Rules
• Radiation Hazards
• Radionuclide Therapy
• Other Radionuclide Therapies

Radiation Surveys and Waste Disposal

• Rationale
• Radiation Surveys
• Survey Instruments
• Monitoring
• Accidental Contamination
• Radioactive Wastes
• Disposal of Radioactive Wastes
• Occupational Exposures
• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Monitoring of Personnel Exposures

• Rationale
• Monitoring of Occupational Exposures
• Reminder of Dose Limits
• Monitoring Methods
• Records of Personnel Dosimetry
• Reports
• Reportable Events

Internal Dosimetry and Bioassays

• Rationale
• Historical Review
• Internal Doses from Radiopharmaceuticals
• Bioassay of Radioactivity
• Biological Half-Times

Introduction to Radiobiology

• Rationale
• Review of Basic Concepts
• The Study of Radiobiology
• Types of Exposure
• Theories of Radiation Injury
• DNA: The Most Sensitive Target
• Quantitative Radiobiology
• Survival Curves
• Tissue Sensitivities
• Types of Damage
• Radiation Injury Modifiers
• Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
• Late Effects of Radiation
• Genetic Effects
• Effects of Prenatal Irradiation

Index

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