Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Counting and Imaging in Nuclear Medicine

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Imaging and Technology in Urology

  • 394 Accesses

Abstract

Nuclear medicine studies require the detection of gamma-emitting radiopharmaceuticals within the patient’s body. This chapter describes equipment for counting the activity in blood samples and imaging with a gamma camera. The PET scanner, which is used for imaging positron emitting radionuclides, is described in Chap. 20.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 119.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Further Reading

  • Sharp PF, Gemmell HG, Murray AD, editors. Practical Nuclear Medicine. 3rd ed. Springer; 2005.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cherry SR, Sorenson JA, Phelps ME. Physics in nuclear medicine. 4th ed. Saunders Elsevier; 2012.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Nuclear Medicine Centre, Manchester University Hospitals, Manchester, UK

    Christopher Mathews-Aspinall & Richard Lawson

Authors
  1. Christopher Mathews-Aspinall
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Richard Lawson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Richard Lawson .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Northern Care Alliance, Salford Care Organisation, Manchester, UK

    Sotonye Tolofari

  2. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, UK

    Dora Moon

  3. Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool, UK

    Benjamin Starmer

  4. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK

    Steve Payne

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Mathews-Aspinall, C., Lawson, R. (2023). Counting and Imaging in Nuclear Medicine. In: Tolofari, S., Moon, D., Starmer, B., Payne, S. (eds) Imaging and Technology in Urology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26058-2_19

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26058-2_19

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-031-26057-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-031-26058-2

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation