Physics for Diagnostic Radiology

Author: P.P. P. Dendy
Published: April 1999
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
ISBN: 0750305908
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 446

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Physics for Diagnostic Radiology, 2nd edition is written for radiologists studying for their professional examinations, medical physicists and radiographers in training.. "It is a comprehensive and compact primer. Its analytical approach deals in logical order with the wide range of imaging techniques available. It provides the physics that diagnostic radiologists and other professionals involved in diagnostic imaging need to make best use of the imaging techniques available. It covers the physics and radiation safety necessary to understand the production of digitized images, nuclear medicine, and magnetic resonance imaging.

Table of Contents:

List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
1 Fundamentals of Radiation Physics and Radioactivity 3
2 Production of X-Rays 20
3 Interaction of X-Rays and Gamma Rays with Matter 59
4 The Image Receptor 83
5 The Radiological Image 114
6 Radiation Measurement and Doses to Patients 135
7 Diagnostic Imaging with Radioactive Materials 163
8 Assessment and Enhancement of Image Quality 192
9 Special Radiographic Techniques 219
10 Tomographic Imaging 249
11 Radiobiology and Radiation Risks 279
12 Practical Radiation Protection and Legislation 306
13 Diagnostic Ultrasound 330
14 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 378
Appendix 408
Answers 425
Index 428

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