Radioisotopes in Medicine
by Earl W. Phelan
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About this eBook
- Author
- Phelan, Earl W., 1900-1993
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- RM: Medicine: Therapeutics, Pharmacology
- Subject
- Nuclear medicine
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49377
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49377
- Release Date
- July 6, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Radioisotopes in Medicine — Radioisotopes in Medicine
- 2.CONTENTS — Radioisotopes in Medicine
- 3.INTRODUCTION — History — What Is Radiation? — What Is Radioactivity? — What Are Radioisotopes? — How Are Radioisotopes Used? — What Do We Mean by Tracer Atoms?
- 4.DIAGNOSIS — Pinpointing Disease — Arsenic-74 — Chromium-51 — Cobalt-60 — Iodine-131 — Iron-59 — Phosphorus-32 — Sodium-24 — Technetium-99 m — Thulium-170 and Gamma Radiography — Tritium — Activation Analysis — Summary
- 5.THERAPY — A Successful Case — General Principles — Iodine-131 and Iodine-132 — Boron-10 — Phosphorus-32 — Gold-198 — Beads, Needles, and Applicators — Teletherapy
- 6.CONCLUSIONS
- 7.APPENDIX — Measuring Instruments [15] — Ionization Chambers — Proportional Counters — Geiger-Müller Counters — Scintillation Counters — Solid State Counters — Scanners
- 8.SUGGESTED REFERENCES — Technical Books — Popular Books — Articles — Reports — Motion Pictures
- 9.PHOTO CREDITS
- 10.FOOTNOTES
- 11.Transcriber’s Notes
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