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Webb's physics of medical imaging / edited by M A Flower.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering.
- Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diagnostic imaging.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 811 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since the publication of the best-selling, highly acclaimed first edition, the technology and clinical applications of medical imaging have changed significantly. Gathering these developments into one volume, Webb’s Physics of Medical Imaging, Second Edition presents a thorough update of the basic physics, modern technology and many examples of clinical application across all the modalities of medical imaging.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Series Preface; Quotation; Contents; Contributors; Editor; Acknowledgement to the First Edition; Acknowledgement to the Second Edition; Abbreviations; Introduction and Some Challenging Questions; Chapter 1 - In the Beginning: the Origins of Medical Imaging; Chapter 2 - Diagnostic Radiology with X-Rays; Chapter 3 - X-Ray Transmission Computed Tomography; Chapter 4 - Clinical Applications of X-Ray Computed Tomography in Radiotherapy Planning; Chapter 5 - Radioisotope Imaging; Chapter 6 - Diagnostic Ultrasound; Chapter 7 - Spatially Localised Magnetic Resonance
- Chapter 8 - Physical Aspects of Infrared ImagingChapter 9 - Imaging of Tissue Electrical Impedance; Chapter 10 - Optical Imaging; Chapter 11 - Mathematics of Image Formation and Image Processing; Chapter 12 - Medical Image Processing; Chapter 13 - Perception and Interpretation of Images; Chapter 14 - Computer Requirements of Imaging Systems; Chapter 15 - Multimodality Imaging; Chapter 16 - Epilogue; Back Cover
- Notes:
- "A Taylor & Francis book."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-09957-6
- 1-4665-6895-X
- 9780429099571
- OCLC:
- 908077352
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