El5823 nuclear physics yao wang polytechnic u brooklyn 4 what is nuclear medicine o also known as nuclide imaging o steps inject radio tracers into the body the radio tracers undergo radioactive decay and generate gammy rays a camera detect gamma rays from the radio tracer after a certain time. Physics in nuclear medicine james a sorenson phd professor of radiology department of radiology university of utah medical center salt lake city utah michael e phelps phd professor of radiological sciences department of radiological sciences center for health sciences university of california los angeles california. Physics in nuclear medicine ja sorenson and me phelps grune stratton 1980 radioisotope techniques in clinical research and diagnosis n veall and h vetter butterworths 1958 radionuclide techniques in medicine jm mcalister cambridge university press 1979. Physics in nuclear medicine by drs simon r cherry james a sorenson and michael e phelps provides current comprehensive guidance on the physics underlying modern nuclear medicine and imaging using radioactively labeled tracers. Physics in nuclear medicine by drs simon r cherry james a sorenson and michael e phelps provides current comprehensive guidance on the physics underlying modern nuclear medicine and imaging using radioactively labeled tracers