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Nuclear Medicine Physics

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Nuclear medicine physics is a subspecialty of medical physics. Nuclear medicine practice includes diagnostic procedures of imaging and non-imaging and radionuclide therapy protocols primarily for cancer treatment. Nuclear medicine physics is to apply physics principles and technology to support clinical nuclear medicine. Nuclear medicine is a branch of physics that utilizes nuclear technology for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. It covers radionuclide production, interaction, detection, and imaging. It also involves radiation dosimetry and radionuclide therapy procedures.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Jianqiao Luo PhD

  2. Department of Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences, Health Physics Program, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA

    Muhammad Maqbool PhD

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Correspondence to Jianqiao Luo PhD .

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  1. Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Health Physics Program, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    Muhammad Maqbool

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Luo, J., Maqbool, M. (2017). Nuclear Medicine Physics. In: Maqbool, M. (eds) An Introduction to Medical Physics. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61540-0_11

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