
Medical Imaging Physics
Wiley (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 24. May 2002
Book
Hardback
XXII, 514 pages
978-0-471-38226-3 (ISBN)
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Description
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.
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"...provides clear descriptions of difficult concepts while keeping mathematics to a minimum. The examples and problems for students are thought provoking and help solidify an understanding of the material." (Doody's)More details
Edition
4. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-38226-3 (9780471382263)
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Persons
Dr. William Hendee has appointments as Senior Associate Dean and Vice President as well as Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Professor and Vice-Chair of Radiology; Professor of Radiation Oncology, Biophysics, Bioethics of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Hendee served for 20 years on the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine. For several years, he directed the Division of Radiological Sciences and for eight years served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiology. In 1985, Dr. Hendee was recruited by the American Medical Association to the position of Vice President in charge of science and technology programs. Dr. Hendee is past president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, and currently president of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering./p>
E. Russell Ritenour, Ph.D. is Professor and Chief of Physics, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School and Director of Graduate Studies in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics in the Graduate School. He served five years as Chair of the Committee on Education and Training of Medical Physicists in the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and is chair of the Committee on Continuing Education for the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs. He is author or co-author of over a dozen multi-media, web-based, and distance learning systems.
E. Russell Ritenour, Ph.D. is Professor and Chief of Physics, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School and Director of Graduate Studies in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics in the Graduate School. He served five years as Chair of the Committee on Education and Training of Medical Physicists in the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and is chair of the Committee on Continuing Education for the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs. He is author or co-author of over a dozen multi-media, web-based, and distance learning systems.
Content
Preface.
Preface to the First Edition.
Acknowledgments.
Imaging in Medicine.
Structure of Matter.
Radioactive Decay.
Interactions of Radiation.
Production of X Rays.
Radiation Quantity and Quality.
Interaction of X and y Rays in the Body.
Radiation Detectors for Quantitative Measurement.
Accumulation and Analysis of Nuclear Data.
Computers and Image Networking.
Probability and Statistics.
Instrumentation for Nuclear Imaging.
Radiography.
Fluoroscopy.
Computed Tomography.
Influences of Image Quality.
Analytic Description of Image Quality.
Visual Perception.
Ultrasound Waves.
Ultrasound Transducers.
Ultrasound Instrumentation.
Doppler Effect.
Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Instrumentation, Bioeffects, and Site Planning.
Experimental Radiobiology.
Human Radiobiology.
Protection from External Sources of Radiation.
Protection from Internal Sources of Radiation.
Future Developments in Medical Imaging.
Appendix I: Review of Mathematics.
Appendix II: Fourier Transform.
Appendix III: Multiples and Prefixes.
Appendix IV: Masses in Atomic Mass Units for Neutral Atoms of Stable Nuclides and a Few Unstable Nuclides.
Answers to Selected Problems.
Index.