Handbook of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging for Physicists – 2022 Three Volume Set
Ed. M Ljungberg, Lund University, Sweden
This set of handbooks provides medical physicists with a comprehensive overview of the field of nuclear medicine. In addition to describing the underlying, fundamental theories of the field, it includes the latest research and explores the practical procedures, equipment, and regulations that are shaping the field and it’s future. This set is split into three volumes, respectively titled: Instrumentation and Imaging Procedures; Modelling, Dosimetry and Radiation Protection; and Radiopharmaceuticals and Clinical Applications.
Volume one, Instrumentation and Imaging Procedures, focuses primarily on providing a comprehensive review into the detection of radiation, beginning with an introduction to the history of nuclear medicine to the latest imaging technology. Volume two, Modelling, Dosimetry and Radiation Protection, explores the applications of mathematical modelling, dosimetry, and radiation protection in nuclear medicine. The third and final volume, Radiopharmaceuticals and Clinical Applications, highlights the production and application of radiopharmaceuticals and their role in clinical nuclear medicine practice.
Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine: Applications in Diagnostic Imaging – First edition 1998
Eds. M Ljungberg; S-E Strand, Lund University, Sweden; M A King, University of Massachussetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
Covers the applications of Monte Carlo calculations (MC) in nuclear medicine from first principles, to the current computer applications. Written for nuclear medicine physicists, and as a supplementart text for medical imaging systems courses. Describes various computer programs and critically reviews their areas of application. Demonstrates how MC techniques can be used to evaluate scatter in SPECT and PET imaging, collimation, and image deterioration.
Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine: Applications in Diagnostic Imaging – Second edition 2012
Eds. M Ljungberg; S-E Strand, Lund University, Sweden; M A King, University of Massachussetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
From first principles to current computer applications, Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine, Second Edition: Applications in Diagnostic Imaging covers the applications of Monte Carlo calculations in nuclear medicine and critically reviews them from a diagnostic perspective. Like the first edition, this book explains the Monte Carlo method and the principles behind SPECT and PET imaging, introduces the reader to some Monte Carlo software currently in use, and gives the reader a detailed idea of some possible applications of Monte Carlo in current research in SPECT and PET. New chapters in this edition cover codes and applications in pre-clinical PET and SPECT. The book explains how Monte Carlo methods and software packages can be applied to evaluate scatter in SPECT and PET imaging, collimation, and image deterioration. A guide for researchers and students developing methods to improve image resolution, it also demonstrates how Monte Carlo techniques can be used to simulate complex imaging systems.
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Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy – First Edition
Eds: Joao Seco, Heidelberg University , Germany and Frank Verhaegen, Maastricht University,The Netherlands
Modern cancer treatment relies on Monte Carlo simulations to help radiotherapists and clinical physicists better understand and compute radiation dose from imaging devices as well as exploit four-dimensional imaging data. With Monte Carlo-based treatment planning tools now available from commercial vendors, a complete transition to Monte Carlo-based dose calculation methods in radiotherapy could likely take place in the next decade. Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy explores the use of Monte Carlo methods for modeling various features of internal and external radiation sources, including light ion beams.
The book—the first of its kind—addresses applications of the Monte Carlo particle transport simulation technique in radiation therapy, mainly focusing on external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. It presents the mathematical and technical aspects of the methods in particle transport simulations. The book also discusses the modeling of medical linacs and other irradiation devices; issues specific to electron, photon, and proton ion beams and brachytherapy; and the optimization of treatment planning, radiation dosimetry, and quality assurance.
Useful to clinical physicists, graduate students, and researchers, this book provides a detailed, state-of-the-art guide to the fundamentals, application, and customization of Monte Carlo techniques in radiotherapy. Through real-world examples, it illustrates the use of Monte Carlo modeling and simulations in dose calculation, beam delivery, kilovoltage and megavoltage imaging, proton radiography, device design, and much more.
Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy – Second Edition 2022
Eds: Joao Seco, Heidelberg University, Germany and Frank Verhaegen, Maastricht University,The Netherlands
Modern cancer treatment relies on Monte Carlo simulations to help radiotherapists and clinical physicists better understand and compute radiation dose from imaging devices as well as exploit four-dimensional imaging data. With Monte Carlo-based treatment planning tools now available from commercial vendors, a complete transition to Monte Carlo-based dose calculation methods in radiotherapy could likely take place in the next decade. Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy explores the use of Monte Carlo methods for modeling various features of internal and external radiation sources, including light ion beams.
The book—the first of its kind—addresses applications of the Monte Carlo particle transport simulation technique in radiation therapy, mainly focusing on external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. It presents the mathematical and technical aspects of the methods in particle transport simulations. The book also discusses the modeling of medical linacs and other irradiation devices; issues specific to electron, photon, and proton ion beams and brachytherapy; and the optimization of treatment planning, radiation dosimetry, and quality assurance.
Useful to clinical physicists, graduate students, and researchers, this book provides a detailed, state-of-the-art guide to the fundamentals, application, and customization of Monte Carlo techniques in radiotherapy. Through real-world examples, it illustrates the use of Monte Carlo modeling and simulations in dose calculation, beam delivery, kilovoltage and megavoltage imaging, proton radiography, device design, and much more.
Therapeutic Applications of Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine – First edition
Eds. H Zaidi, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland; G Sgouros, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
The Monte Carlo method: theory and computational issues. Monte Carlo techniques in nuclear medicine dosimetry. Medical imaging techniques for radiation dosimetry. Computational methods in internal radiation dosimetry. Mathematical models of the human anatomy. Monte Carlo codes for use in therapeutic nuclear medicine. Dose point kernels for radionuclide dosimetry. Radiobiology aspects and radionuclide selection criteria in cancer therapy. Microdosimetry of targeted radionuclides. The MABDOS program for internal radionuclide dosimetry. The 3D-ID three- dimensional internal dosimetry software package. Validation and verification of absorbed dose calculations in radionuclide therapy. Monte Carlo methods and mathematical models for the dosimetry of skeleton and bone marrow. Monte Carlo modeling of dose distributions in intravascular radiation therapy. The Monte Carlo method as a design tool in Boron Neutron Capture Synovectomy. Summary.
Therapeutic Applications of Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine – Second edition 2022
Eds. H Zaidi, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland
The Monte Carlo method: theory and computational issues. Monte Carlo techniques in nuclear medicine dosimetry. Medical imaging techniques for radiation dosimetry. Computational methods in internal radiation dosimetry. Mathematical models of the human anatomy. Monte Carlo codes for use in therapeutic nuclear medicine. Dose point kernels for radionuclide dosimetry. Radiobiology aspects and radionuclide selection criteria in cancer therapy. Microdosimetry of targeted radionuclides. The MABDOS program for internal radionuclide dosimetry. The 3D-ID three- dimensional internal dosimetry software package. Validation and verification of absorbed dose calculations in radionuclide therapy. Monte Carlo methods and mathematical models for the dosimetry of skeleton and bone marrow. Monte Carlo modeling of dose distributions in intravascular radiation therapy. The Monte Carlo method as a design tool in Boron Neutron Capture Synovectomy. Summary.