Radioactive sample counting : principles and practice / edited by Sofia Michopoulou ; with contributions from Andrew Fenwick, Fergus McKiddie, Peter O'Sullivan, Lucy Pike, Anne-Marie Stapleton.
Contributor(s): Michopoulou, Sofia [editor.]
| Fenwick, Andrew [author.] | McKiddie, Fergus [author.] | O'Sullivan, Peter (Nuclear physicist) [author.] | Pike, Lucy [author.] | Stapleton, Anne-Marie [author.] | Institute of Physics (Great Britain) [publisher.].
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BookSeries: IOP (Series)Release 22: ; IPEM report: no. 85.; IPEM-IOP series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology: ; IOP ebooks2022 collection: Publisher: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780750338950; 9780750338943.Subject(s): Radioactivity -- Measurement | Medical physics | Nuclear medicine | Radioactivity | Nuclear Medicine | Medical physics | Medical physics and biophysicsAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 363.1799 Online resources: Click here to access online Also available in print."Version: 20220701"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Physical principles of radiation detection in sample counters / Sofia Michopoulou -- 2. Nucleonic equipment / Sofia Michopoulou -- 3. Quality control charts / Andrew Fenwick -- 4. Gamma counters / Lucy Pike and Fergus McKiddie -- 5. Intraoperative gamma probes / Anne-Marie Stapleton and Fergus McKiddie -- 6. Liquid scintillation counting / Anne-Marie Stapleton -- 7. Automatic blood sampling systems (ABSSs) / Lucy Pike -- 8. Uncertainties in measurements from radioactivity sample counters / Peter O'Sullivan -- 9. Data analysis / Sofia Michopoulou -- 10. Clinical and research applications of sample counters / Peter O'Sullivan, Sofia Michopoulou, Andrew Fenwick, Lucy Pike, Anne-Marie Stapleton and Fergus McKiddie.
IPEM Report 85 is a handbook for radioactive sample counters including gamma counters, liquid scintillation detectors, intraoperative gamma probes and automatic blood sampling systems.
Healthcare professionals, in particular people operating such counters for clinical and/or research purposes and healthcare scientists.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Sofia Michopoulou is a consultant clinical scientist, head of nuclear medicine physics and NIHR clinical lecturer at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS).
Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 5, 2022).
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