Principles and Applications of Nuclear Medical Imaging: A Survey on Recent Developments ( Imaging and Radioanalytical Techniques in Interdisciplinary Research - Fundamentals and Cutting Edge Applications )

Publication series ： Imaging and Radioanalytical Techniques in Interdisciplinary Research - Fundamentals and Cutting Edge Applications

Author： Faycal Kharfi  

Publisher： IntechOpen‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: INT0342654884

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535110330

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789535110330

Subject： R44 diagnostics

Keyword： 诊断学

Language： ENG

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Principles and Applications of Nuclear Medical Imaging: A Survey on Recent Developments

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Chapter 1 Principles and Applications of Nuclear Medical Imaging: A Survey on Recent Developments

1. Introduction

2. Principles of nuclear medical imaging and image analysis

2.1. The conventional scintigraphic imaging

2.1.1. The Anger gamma camera

2.1.1.1. The collimator

2.1.1.2. The scintillator crystal

2.1.1.3. The photomultipliers tubes

2.1.2. Gamma scintigraphic imaging

2.2. Single photon emission computed tomography

2.3. Positron emission tomography

2.4. PET and SPECT images processing and analysis

3. Recent development in nuclear imaging and image analysis

3.1. Recent advances in SPECT and PET imaging systems

3.1.1. PET-CT

3.1.2. SPECT-CT

3.1.3. PET-MRI

3.2. Recent developments in nuclear medical image acquisition and analysis

3.2.1. Registration

3.2.2. Validation

4. Cases studies and future trends of nuclear imaging

5. Conclusions

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