Introduction to Biomedical Imaging provides in-depth coverage of the field of biomedical imaging, with particular attention to an engineering viewpoint.

Introduction to Biomedical Imaging discusses:

• The physical principles, instrumental design, data acquisition strategies, image reconstruction techniques, and clinical applications of each modality
• Recent developments such as multi-slice spiral computed tomography, harmonic and sub-harmonic ultrasonic imaging, multi-slice PET scanning, and functional magnetic resonance imaging
• General image characteristics such as spatial resolution and signal-to-noise, common to all of the imaging modalities

Contents

X-Ray Imaging and Computed Tomography

• General Principles of Imaging with X-Rays
• X-Ray Production
• Interactions of X-Rays with Tissue.
• Linear and Mass Attenuation Coefficients of X-Rays in Tissue
• Instrumentation for Planar X-Ray Imaging
• X-Ray Image Characteristics
• X-Ray Contrast Agents
• X-Ray Imaging Methods
• Clinical Applications of X-Ray Imaging
• Computed Tomography
• Image Processing for Computed Tomography
• Spiral/Helical Computed Tomography
• Multislice Spiral Computed Tomography
• Radiation Dose
• Clinical Applications of Computed Tomography

Nuclear Medicine

• General Principles of Nuclear Medicine
• Radioactivity
• The Production of Radionuclides.
• Types of Radioactive Decay
• The Technetium Generator
• The Biodistribution of Technetium-Based Agents within the Body
• Instrumentation: The Gamma Camera
• Image Characteristics
• Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
• Clinical Applications of Nuclear Medicine
• Positron Emission Tomography

Ultrasonic Imaging

• General Principles of Ultrasonic Imaging
• Wave Propagation and Characteristic Acoustic Impedance
• Wave Reflection and Refraction
• Energy Loss Mechanisms in Tissue
• Instrumentation
• Diagnostic Scanning Modes
• Artifacts in Ultrasonic Imaging
• Image Characteristics
• Compound Imaging
• Blood Velocity Measurements Using Ultrasound
• Ultrasound Contrast Agents, Harmonic Imaging, and Pulse Inversion Techniques
• Safety and Bioeffects in Ultrasonic Imaging
• Clinical Applications of Ultrasound

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• General Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Nuclear Magnetism
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Instrumentation
• Imaging Sequences
• Image Characteristics
• MRI Contrast Agents
• Magnetic Resonance Angiography
• Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
• In Vivo Localized Spectroscopy
• Functional MRI
• Clinical Applications of MRI

General Image Characteristics

• Spatial Resolution
• Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• Contrast-to-Noise Ratio
• Image Filtering
• The Receiver Operating Curve

Index

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