Essentials of radiographic physics and imaging
By: James N. Johnston, Terri L. Fauber
Contributors: Fauber, Terri L.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mosby/Elsevier, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780323069748
Subjects: Medical Radiography; Radiography; Physics; Diagnostic imaging; Diagnostic Imaging
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the imaging sciences; title: Principles of radiation physics; title: Structure of the atom; title: Electromagnetic and particulate radiation; title: The x-ray circuit; title: The x-ray tube; title: X-ray production; title: X-ray interactions with matter; title: Image production and evaluation; title: Image production; title: Image characteristics; title: Radiographic exposure technique; title: Scatter control; title: Image receptors; title: Specialized radiographic equipment; title: Automatic exposure control; title: Image intensified fluoroscopy; title: Additional equipment; title: Computed tomography.