Introduction to medical imaging : physics engineering and clinical applications Covering the basics of X rays CT PET nuclear medicine ultrasound and MRI this textbook provides senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students with a broad introduction to medical imaging. Over 130 end of chapter exercises are included in addition to solved example problems which enable students to master the theory as well as providing them with the tools needed to solve more difficult problems. The basic theory instrumentation and state of the art techniques and applications are covered bringing students immediately up to date with recent developments such as combined computed tomography positron emission tomography multi slice CT four dimensional ultrasound and parallel imaging MR technology. Clinical examples provide practical applications of physics and engineering knowledge to medicine. Finally helpful references to specialized texts recent review articles and relevant scientific journals are provided at the end of each chapter making this an ideal textbook for a one semester course in medical imaging Provided by publisher