CT physics
Subtitle: the basics of multi-detector physics
By: Mahadevappa Mahesh.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780781768115
Subjects: Tomography; Medical physics; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Radiation Dosage; Technology, Radiologic; Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
Description: xi, 196 p. : 26 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Conventional, spiral, and electron beam computed tomography : background; title: Multiple-row detector computed tomography; title: Major components of multi-row detector computed tomography scanners; title: Scan parameters and image quality in multi-row detector computed tomography; title: Physics of cardiac imaging with multiple-row detector computed tomography; title: Radiation dose; title: Strategies to reduce radiation dose in computed tomography; title: Hybrid imaging systems : positron emission tomography/computed tomography and single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography; title: Dual-source computed tomography and 320-row multi-row detector computed tomography and their applications : computed tomography fluoroscopy and computed tomography perfusion; title: Quality control and radiation protection; title: Future trends in multi-row detector computed tomography.