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Medical imaging physics / William R. Hendee, E. Russell Ritenour.
Holman Biotech Commons Oversize R895 .H4 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hendee, William R. (William Richard), 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical physics.
- Diagnostic imaging.
- Medical radiology.
- Biophysics.
- Diagnostic Imaging.
- Nuclear Medicine.
- Radiobiology.
- Ultrasonics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biophysics.
- Diagnostic Imaging.
- Nuclear Medicine.
- Radiobiology.
- Ultrasonics.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 512 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Wiley-Liss, 2002.
- Summary:
- Provides the necessary tools to work with the physical principles, equipment, and procedures used in diagnostic imaging, as well as appreciate the capabilities and limitations of the technologies. * Comprehensive and accessible to all those needing a manageable book on modern medical imaging. * Completely up-to-date, with coverage of topic such as digital x-ray imagers, digital fluoroscopy, Doppler ultrasound, functional MRI, and helical scanning. * Includes chapter summaries, questions, and problems, as well as sidebars highlighting historical aspects and key facts and concepts, in addition to more than 200 new figures.
- Contents:
- 1 Imaging in Medicine 1
- 2 Structure of Matter 11
- 3 Radioactive Decay 27
- 4 Interactions of Radiation 45
- 5 Production of X Rays 69
- 6 Radiation Quantity and Quality 91
- 7 Interaction of X and [gamma] Rays in the Body 117
- 8 Radiation Detectors for Quantitative Measurement 127
- 9 Accumulation and Analysis of Nuclear Data 143
- 10 Computers and Image Networking 161
- 11 Probability and Statistics 179
- 12 Instrumentation for Nuclear Imaging 197
- 13 Radiography 217
- 14 Fluoroscopy 235
- 15 Computed Tomography 251
- 16 Influences on Image Quality 265
- 17 Analytic Description of Image Quality 281
- 18 Visual Perception 289
- 19 Ultrasound Waves 303
- 20 Ultrasound Transducers 317
- 21 Ultrasound Instrumentation 331
- 22 Doppler Effect 343
- 23 Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance 355
- 24 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy 367
- 25 Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Instrumentation, Bioeffects, and Site Planning 389
- 26 Experimental Radiobiology 403
- 27 Human Radiobiology 413
- 28 Protection from External Sources of Radiation 435
- 29 Protection from Internal Sources of Radiation 455
- 30 Future Developments in Medical Imaging 467
- Appendix I Review of Mathematics 477
- Appendix II Fourier Transform 483
- Appendix III Multiples and Prefixes 485
- Appendix IV Masses in Atomic Mass Units for Neutral Atoms of Stable Nuclides and a Few Unstable Nuclides 487.
- Notes:
- Previous ed. published by Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0471382264
- OCLC:
- 50270575
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