PBMED 200A
Physics and Chemistry of Nuclear Medicine
Physics and Biology in Medicine · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Nuclear structure, statistics of radioactive decay, nuclear radiations and their interaction with matter, nuclear decay processes, nuclear reactions, and compartment models. Physical and chemical properties of radioactive preparations used in nuclear medicine. Basic principles of nuclear medicine imaging, SPECT, and PET.
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PBMED 200A
- PBMED 200BNuclear Medicine Instrumentation
- PBMED 202AApplications of Medical Physics to Clinical Problems: Nuclear Medicine
- PBMED 207Monte Carlo Methods with Applications for Radiological Sciences
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