Radiation Exposure and Image Quality in X-Ray Diagnostic Radiology
Subtitle: Physical Principles and Clinical Applications
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9783540442875
Subjects: Radiation Toxicology; Radiologic Diagnosis; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Radiology; Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Diagnostic Imaging; Toxicology; Image quality; Medical physics; Radiation dosimetry; Radiography, Medical; Safety measures
First sentence: X-rays are produced when a beam of fast electrons strikes a target.
Description: "The largest contribution to radiation exposure to the population as a whole arises from diagnostic X-rays. Protecting the patient from radiation is a major aim of modern health policy, and an understanding of the relationship between radiation dose and image quality is of pivotal importance in optimising medical diagnostic radiology. In this volume the data provided for exploring these concerns are partly based on X-ray spectra, measured on diagnostic X-ray tube assemblies, and are supplemented by the results of measurements on phantoms and simulation calculations. The book also features a CD-ROM containing a comprehensive database in the form of Excel files: X-ray spectra for general diagnostics and mammography, interaction coefficients of the most important elements, compounds and mixtures, characteristics of the primary and the imaging radiation field, data from various anti-scatter grids, dosimetric data, which are needed for the evaluation of patient dose, and further helpful information."--Jacket.