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Since 1989 he has been the chief physicist at the nuclear medicine services at ucla where he is responsible for all imaging instrumentation, including spect, spect ct and petct systems. Spect has become a routine procedure in most nuclear medicine departments since the concept was first introduced in the 1960s. Essentially, the computer divides up the gamma camera field of view fov into square areas pixels, and the 2 matrix sizes typically associated with spect imaging are 64. This information is typically presented as crosssectional slices through the patient, but can. Physics of imaging systems basic principles of magnetic. Single photon emission computed tomography mathematics and. Pet and spect are two of todays most important medicalimaging methods, providing images that reveal subtle information about physiological processes in humans and animals. Four stars from doodys star ratings this book is indeed a great resource that introduces spect and spectct modalities to help trainees and practicing physicians in their daytoday practice. Spacetime physics introduction to special relativity. Both spect and pet see chapter 6 give information based on the spatial concentration of. Jan 01, 2006 essential nuclear medicine physics provides an excellent introduction to the basic concepts of the daunting area of nuclear physics. Singlephoton emission computed tomography spect, or less commonly, spet is a nuclear medicine tomographic imaging technique using gamma rays.
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