Basic Physics of Nuclear Medicine/Print version

Introduction

This is the first chapter of a wikibook entitled Basic Physics of Nuclear Medicine.

You will have encountered much of what we will cover here in your high school physics. We are going to review this material again below so as to set the context for subsequent chapters. This chapter will also provide you with an opportunity to check your understanding of this topic.

The chapter covers atomic structure, nuclear structure, the classification of nuclei, binding energy and nuclear stability.