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A comprehensive guide to the practical aspects of nuclear medicine instruments, Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation, Second Edition prepares students to become skilled technologists. This informative reference covers nuclear medicine instruments from simple radiation detectors to complex positron emission tomography (PET) scanners, focusing on the operation of the most commonly used instruments and issues that arise in their use. Designed to enable students to perform high-quality imaging, Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation, Second Edition emphasizes quality control, explaining how instruments can fail and how to improve the images obtained. The text includes more than 400 photographs, tables and illustrations, as well as sample calculations.

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Author:   Jennifer Prekeges
Publisher:   Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Imprint:   Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   0.964kg
ISBN:  

9781449652883

ISBN 10:   1449652883
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   27 August 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Jennifer Prekeges received her bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry in 1979 from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. She was trained as a nuclear medicine technologist under Paul Brown at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Portland, OR, and returned to her home city of Seattle to work thereafter.She earned a master’s degree in radiologic sciences from the University of Washington in 1988, where her graduate research involved the proposed PET hypoxia imaging agent fluoromisonidazole.She founded the Bellevue College nuclear medicine technology program in 1989, and ran the program for 14 years while working as a staff nuclear medicine technologist at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.She came to the college on a full-time basis in 2003.In addition to her efforts on behalf of her program, Jennifer has served the profession in a variety of ways.She has been co-president of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section; board member and secretary of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board; and reviewer and associate editor of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology.In addition to this text, she has authored a number of articles and one book chapter.

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