Nuclear Medicine Imaging : An Encyclopedic Dictionary. This item is unavailable.Nuclear Medicine Imaging : An Encyclopedic Dictionary

With the rapidly growing field of nuclear medicine imaging receiving only limited attention in broad-based medical dictionaries, this reference volume plugs the gap, covering concepts used in planar, SPECT, and PET imaging as well as data analysis approaches.

Joseph A. Thie gained a BS Magna cum Laude in Physics and PhD in Nuclear Physics from the University of Notre Dame. He went on to become Chief Physicist at the Argonne National Laboratory, designing and testing the first boiling water nuclear reactors. He subsequently worked as an independent consultant in nuclear physics, nuclear medicine, and dynamic processes. Since 1989 he has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tennessee, collaborating in nuclear medicine research at the Biomedical Medical Imaging Center, University of Tennessee Medical Center. Dr. Thie served as the U.S. delegate to the 2^nd and 3^rd U.N. International Conferences on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. He has authored many journal and proceedings articles as well as several books and book chapters. He has also served as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.