The essential physics of medical imaging
By: Jerrold T. Bushberg ... [et al.].
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1030
ISBN-13: 9780781780575
Subjects: Medical physics; Diagnostic imaging; Diagnostic Imaging; Methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to medical imaging; title: Radiation and the atom; title: Interaction of radiation with matter; title: Image quality; title: Imaging informatics; title: X-ray production, X-ray tubes, and generators; title: Radiography; title: Mammography; title: Fluoroscopy; title: Computed tomography; title: X-ray dosimetry in projection imaging and CT; title: Nuclear magnetic resonance; title: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); title: Ultrasound; title: Radioactivity and nuclear transformation; title: Radionuclide production and radiopharmaceuticals; title: Radiation detection and measurement; title: Nuclear imaging using the scintillation camera; title: Nuclear tomography; title: Radiopharmaceutical dosimetry; title: Radiation biology; title: Radiation protection.