References - Gamma Rays
Gamma ray background
[G1] L'Annunziata, Michael; Mohammad Baradei (2003). Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis. Academic Press. p. 58. ISBN 0-12-436603-1.
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[G2] Processes that create cosmic gamma rays (2010). Available at https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/gamma_generation.html [Accessed 28/02/17].
Gamma Knife
[G3] Gamma Knife Surgery. Available at http://www.irsa.org/gamma_knife.html [Accessed 02/02/17]
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[G4] Gamma Knife Surgery Treatment day. Available at http://www.gammaknife.org.uk/treatment/treatment-day [Accessed 18/02/17]
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[G5] What is a gamma knife? Available at http://www.gammaknife.org.uk/treatment/what-is-a-gamma-knife [Accessed 02/02/17]
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[G6] Brain stereotactic radiosurgery: Results. Available at http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/brain-stereotactic-radiosurgery/details/results/rsc-20215461 [Accessed 01/02/17]
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[G7] Gamma knife radiosurgery. Available at https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/physical-sciences-practice/physical-sciences-practice-tut/e/gamma-knife-radiosurgery [Accessed 01/02/17]
[G8] G. Narayanasamy, A. Smith, E. Van Meter, R. McGarry, J.A. Molloy. Total target volume is a better predictor of whole brain dose from gamma stereotactic radiosurgery than the number, shape, or location of the lesions. Med Phys. 2013 Sep;40(9):091714. doi: 10.1118/1.4818825.
Medical tracers
[G9] Radionuclide basics: Technetium 99. Available at https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclide-basics-technetium-99 [Accessed 28/02/17].
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[G10] Nuclear medicine. Available at https://www.nibib.nih.gov/science-education/science-topics/nuclear-medicine [Accessed 28/02/17].
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[G11] Radioisotopes in medicine (2016). Available at http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/radioisotopes-research/radioisotopes-in-medicine.aspx [Accessed 28/02/17]
PET scans
[G10] Nuclear medicine. Available at https://www.nibib.nih.gov/science-education/science-topics/nuclear-medicine [Accessed 28/02/17].
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[G12] Positron Emission Tomography (2017). Available at http://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/topics/radioact/PET.htm [Accessed 20/02/17]
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[G13] B. Huang, M. Wai-Ming Law, P. Khong. Whole-Body PET/CT Scanning: Estimation of Radiation Dose and Cancer Risk (2009). RSNA Vol. 282, Issue 1
Further reading
[G14] Cobalt-60. Available at http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Nuclear/betaex.html [Accessed 27/02/17]
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[G15] Gamma Knife Dosimetry & Calibration. Available at https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1201/ML12010A163.pdf [Accessed 01/03/17]
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[G16] M.C. Ferris and D.M. Shepard, Optimization of Gamma Knife radiosurgery, in: Discrete Mathematical Problems with Medical Applications, eds. D.-Z. Du, P. Pardalos and J. Wang, DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 55 (Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2000) pp. 27–44.
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[G17] Cherry, Pam and Angela Duxbury. Practical Radiotherapy Physics And Equipment. 1st ed. London: Greenwich Medical Media, 1998. Print. p. 243-246
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[G18] Technetium-99m. Available at http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Nuclear/technetium.html [Accessed 15/02/17]
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[G19] Close, F. E. Antimatter. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Print.
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[G20] Antimatter (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory). Available at http://www2.lbl.gov/abc/Antimatter.html [Accessed 1/02/17]
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