Fourth Edition
by William R. Hendee
Medical Imaging Physics covers all aspects of image formation in modern medical imaging modalities, from radiography, fluoroscopy, and computed tomography, to magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound.
Medical Imaging Physics addresses the techniques and instrumentation used in the rapidly changing field of medical imaging.
Topics covered include:
- Digital x-ray imaging
- Doppler ultrasound
- Helical CT scanning
- Accumulation and analysis of nuclear data
- Experimental radiobiology
- Radiation protection and safety
- and contains over 200 figures
Medical Imaging Physics provides the reader with the tools necessary to be comfortable with the physical principles, equipment, and procedures used in diagnostic imaging, as well as appreciate the capabilities and limitations of the technologies.
Contents
- Imaging in Medicine
- Structure of Matter
- Radioactive Decay
- Interactions of Radiation
- Production of X Rays
- Radiation Quantity and Quality
- Interaction of X and y Rays in the Body
- Radiation Detectors for Quantitative Measurement
- Accumulation and Analysis of Nuclear Data
- Computers and Image Networking
- Probability and Statistics
- Instrumentation for Nuclear Imaging
- Radiography
- Fluoroscopy
- Computed Tomography
- Influences of Image Quality
- Analytic Description of Image Quality
- Visual Perception
- Ultrasound Waves
- Ultrasound Transducers
- Ultrasound Instrumentation
- Doppler Effect
- Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Instrumentation, Bioeffects, and Site Planning
- Experimental Radiobiology
- Human Radiobiology
- Protection from External Sources of Radiation
- Protection from Internal Sources of Radiation
- Future Developments in Medical Imaging
Appendixes:
- Review of Mathematics.
- Fourier Transform.
- Multiples and Prefixes.
- Masses in Atomic Mass Units for Neutral Atoms of Stable Nuclides and a Few Unstable Nuclides
Index
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