Advances in medical physics 2008
By: edited by Anthony Brinton Wolbarst, Kenneth L. Mossman, William R. Hendee ; with illustrations by Gordon Cook
Publisher: Medical Physics Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781930524385
Subjects: Medical physics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Digital radiography, mammography, and fluoroscopy; title: 2. Image display systems; title: 3. CT, PET, and SPECT reconstruction algorithms; title: 4. CT quality control; title: 5. CT doses; title: 6. MRI update; title: 7. The principles of quantitative MRI; title: 8. Molecular imaging; title: 9. Finite training of radiologists and statistical learning machines; title: 10. Computer-aided detection; title: 11. Health risks of exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation; title: 12. Image-guided radiation therapy; title: 13. Stereotactic radiosurgery; title: 14. Treatment plan optimization; title: 15. Introduction to therapy vault shielding design as presented in NCRP report no. 151; title: 16. Regulation in medicine; title: 17. Some perspectives and insights from modern statistical modeling; title: 18. The national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering and NIH grant process.