Training manual for nuclear medicine technologists1970 - 221 pages |
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absorbed absorption activity albumin alpha particles amplifier APPROACH TO TECHNIQUE atomic number beta particles biological blood calibration Chapter charge chemical Chlormerodrin collimator colloid Compton concentration constant counters counting rate counting system crystal detection detector determined discriminator disintegration distribution dose electron volts emission emitted emitters excreted exposure factor Figure film G-M tube gamma photon gamma radiation gamma rays geometry half-life interaction iodine Iodine-131 sodium iodide ion pairs isotope ISOTOPE UTILIZED kidney kinetic laboratory liver liver scan mass number material measurements meter MORP neutrons nuclear medicine nucleus nuclides obtained orbital electron pair production patient photomultiplier photon plasma positron procedure produced proportional pulse height analyzer radioactive decay radioisotope radionuclides RAI Uptake range ratemeter recorded red cells region renal roentgen sample scanners scintillation sensitivity serum sodium iodide spectrum spleen standard deviation survey instruments thyroid gland tissue unit UTILIZED AND APPROACH vitamin B12 vivo voltage