Contents
Preface...............................................................................................................................vii
Editor..................................................................................................................................ix
Contributors.......................................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1 Introduction to Biostatistics..........................................................................1
Johan Gustafsson and Markus Nilsson
Chapter 2 Radiobiology....................................................................................................17
Lidia Strigari and Marta Cremonesi
Chapter 3 Diagnostic Dosimetry.............................................................................................33
Lennart Johansson† and Martin Andersson
Chapter 4 Time- activity Curves: Data, Models, Curve Fitting, and Model Selection..........................69
Gerhard Glatting
Chapter 5 Tracer Kinetic Modelling and Its Use in PET Quantification..............................................83
Mark Lubberink and Michel Koole
Chapter 6 Principles of Radiological Protection in Healthcare..........................................................101
Soren Mattsson
Chapter 7 Controversies in Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry..................................................................115
Michael G. Stabin
Chapter 8 Monte Carlo Simulation of Photon and Electron Transport in Matter..............................123
Jose M. Fernandez-Varea
Chapter 9 Patient Models for Dosimetry Applications..........................................................141
Michael G. Stabin
Chapter 10 Patient- specific Dosimetry Calculations.............................................................155
Manuel Bardies, Naomi Clayton, Gunjan Kayal, and Alex Vergara Gil
Chapter 11 Whole- body Dosimetry..................................................169
Jonathan Gear
Chapter 12 Personalized Dosimetry in Radioembolization........................................................................................183
Remco Bastiaannet and Hugo W.A.M. de Jong
Chapter 13 Thyroid Imaging and Dosimetry..........................................................................207
Michael Lassmann and Heribert Hanscheid
Chapter 14 Bone Marrow Dosimetry........................................................................................223
Cecilia Hindorf
Chapter 15 Cellular and Multicellular Dosimetry...................................................................235
Roger W. Howell
Chapter 16 Alpha- particle Dosimetry................................................................267
Stig Palm
Chapter 17 Staff Radiation Protection........................................................................275
Lena Jonsson
Chapter 18 IAEA Support to Nuclear Medicine...........................................................293
Gian Luca Poli
