The Physics of Diagnostic Imaging

ISBN-13: 9780340808917 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 738 str.

David J Dowsett

Opis

Over recent years there has been a vast expansion in the variety of imaging techniques available, and developments in machine specifications continue apace. If radiologists and radiographers are to obtain optimal image quality while minimizing exposure times, a good understanding of the fundamentals of the radiological science underpinning diagnotstic imaging is essential.LThe second-edition of this well-received textbook continues to cover all technical aspects of diagnostic radiology, and remains an ideal companion during examination preparation and beyond. The content includes a review of basic science aspects of imaging, followed by a detailed explanation of radiological sciences, conventional x-ray image formation and other imaging techniques. The enormous technical advances in computed tomography, including multislice acquisition and 3D image reconstruction, digital imaging in the form of image plate and direct radiography, magnetic resonace imaging, colour flow imaging in ultrasound and positron radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine, are all considered here. A chapter devoted to computers in radiology considers advances in radiology information systems. The text concludes with a series of general topics relating to diagnostic imaging.LThe content has been updated and revised throughout to ensure it remains in line with the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) examination, while European and American perspectives on technology, guidelines and regulations ensure international relevance.

Recenzje

A unique feature of this book is its international flavour ... European and American perspectives on technology, guidelines and regulation are discussed ... This book is highly recommended
Physics in Medicine and Biology

very much a teaching book aimed at a student audience .... Comprehensively covers the various areas of medical imaging
The British Journal of Radiology

Spis treści

1. Basic mathematics for radiology
2. Basic physics for radiology
3. X-ray production and properties: the fundamentals
4. X-ray production and properties: specific machine design
5. Interaction of X and gamma-radiation with matter
6. Interaction of radiation with matter: detectors
7. Photography and the film image
8. The analog image: film and video
9. Basic projection X-ray imaging systems
10. Fluoroscopy
11. Computers in radiology
12. The digital image
13. Digital fluorography
14. Computed tomography
15. Nuclear medicine: basic principles
16. Nuclear medicine: radiopharmaceuticals and imaging equipment
17. Principles of ultrasound
18. Ultrasound imaging
19. Magnetic resonance: principles
20. Magnetic resonance: imaging
21. Radiation protection: radiobiology and risk estimation
22. Radiation protection: legislation and clinical practice

O autorze

David J. Dowsett MSc PhD, previously Chief Physicist at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, is now consultant medical physicist to various hospitals in Ireland and actively involved in teaching graduate and postgraduate students in Ireland and abroad.

Patrick A. Kenny MA MSc PhD is Chief Medical Physicist at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin. He is also a lecturer in the Faculty of Radiology and teaches Diploma Courses in Ultrasound, MR, CT and Nuclear Medicine at both Trinity College and University College Dublin.

R. Eugene Johnston MA PhD is a Professor Emeritus from the University of North Carolina, USA, where he taught and carried out research in medical imaging over the past 30 years.