Table of Contents

1. Introduction. 2. Image formation in Nuclear Medicine. 3. Nuclear Medicine Imaging Essentials. 4. Methods of Imaging Reconstruction in Nuclear Medicine. 5. Image processing and analysis in Nuclear Medicine. 6. 3D Volume data in Nuclear Medicine. 7. Quantification in Nuclear Medicine Imaging. 8. Quality Control of Nuclear Medicine Equipment. 9. Introduction to MATLAB and Basic MATLAB processes for Nuclear Medicine. 10. Morphology of human organs in Nuclear Medicine – MATLAB commands. 11. Internal Dosimetry by MATLAB in Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine. 12. Pharmacokinetics in Nuclear Medicine-MATLAB use. 13. Nanotechnology in Nuclear Medicine-MATLAB use. 14. CASE Studies in Nuclear Medicine/ MATLAB Approach.

About the Author

Maria Lyra Georgosopoulou, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Medical Physicist. She was an Associate Professor in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Radiation Protection Officer at Aretaeion Hospital. For twenty years she was the Scientific Director of the "Paediatric Nuclear Medical Imaging Center" (IATRIKI APEIKONISI /IA) in Athens, Greece. The integrating theme of her research has been applications of advanced technology to practical biomedical problems in Nuclear Medicine and Medical Ultrasound Image Processing and Evaluation.