TitleThe essential physics of medical imaging / Jerrold T. Bushberg ... [et al.]
Imprint Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2002
Edition 2nd ed
Descript xvi, 933 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

CONTENT

1. Introduction to Medical Imaging -- 2. Radiation and the Atom -- 3. Interaction of Radiation with Matter -- 4. Computers in Medical Imaging -- 5. X-ray Production, X-ray Tubes, and Generators -- 6. Screen-Film Radiography -- 7. Film Processing -- 8. Mammography -- 9. Fluoroscopy -- 10. Image Quality -- 11. Digital Radiography -- 12. Adjuncts to Radiology -- 13. Computed Tomography -- 14. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance -- 15. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- 16. Ultrasound -- 17. Computer Networks, PACS, and Teleradiology -- 18. Radioactivity and Nuclear Transformation -- 19. Radionuclide Production and Radiopharmaceuticals -- 20. Radiation Detection and Measurement -- 21. Nuclear Imaging - The Scintillation Camera -- 22. Nuclear Imaging - Emission Tomography -- 23. Radiation Protection -- 24. Radiation Dosimetry of the Patient -- 25. Radiation Biology -- App.A: Fundamental Principles of Physics -- App.B: Physical Constants, Prefixes, Geometry, Conversion Factors, and Radiologic Data -- App.C: Mass Attenuation Coefficients and Spectra Data Tables -- App.D: Radiopharmaceutical Characteristics and Dosimetry -- App.E: Internet Resources


SUBJECT

  1. Diagnostic imaging
  2. Medical physics
  3. Diagnostic Imaging -- methods

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Science LibraryWN200 E78b 2002 CHECK SHELVES