The essential physics of medical imaging /

This renowned work is derived from the authors' acclaimed national review course ("Physics of Medical Imaging") at the University of California-Davis for radiology residents. The text is a guide to the fundamental principles of medical imaging physics, radiation protection and radiati...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bushberg, Jerrold T.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Diagnostic imaging.
Medical physics.
Diagnostic Imaging > methods.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to medical imaging
  • Radiation and the atom
  • Interaction of radiation with matter
  • Image quality
  • Imaging informatics
  • X-ray production, X-ray tubes, and generators
  • Radiography
  • Mammography
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Computed tomography
  • X-ray dosimetry in projection imaging and CT
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Ultrasound
  • Radioactivity and nuclear transformation
  • Radionuclide production and radiopharmaceuticals
  • Radiation detection and measurement
  • Nuclear imaging using the scintillation camera
  • Nuclear tomography
  • Radiopharmaceutical dosimetry
  • Radiation biology
  • Radiation protection.

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