Nuclear Medicine Physics

Catalog description

This course addresses the role of physics in nuclear medicine, particularly with regard to single-photon-emission and positron-emission imaging. Course topics include (i) relevant basic physics, such as radioactive decay and the interaction of radiation with matter, (ii) instrumentation methods for single-photon-emission and positron-emission imaging, (iii) tomographic acquisition and image reconstruction, and (iv) quantitative analysis of images. The course will be taught at Duke Kunshan University and covers the same topics as the Nuclear Medicine Physics course (MPH 541) taught at Duke University. Instructor consent required.