Digital Radiology
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
600 pages
978-0-7503-0517-4 (ISBN)
Description
Suitable for students with a first degree in physics, electrical engineerin, computer science or biomedical engineering. The original aim of this book was to provide dentists with an accessible text that explained how to use computer power to reconstruct and enhance radiological images, for diagnosis and for planning appropriate treatment for maxillo-facial disorders. Dentists spent money on new equipment, and have been more open to exploring new techniques than their colleagues working in radiology and radiotherapy departments. No longer. This book will provide a unique text for students in biomedical engineering, and medical physics faculty studying image processing / analysis / computer tomography. Enhanced computing power is now widely used in radiology and radiotherapy departments for improved diagnosis, and treatment planning. It enables earlier detection (for example) of tumours. Its more detailed pictures enable more accurate analysis of soft tissue damage (for example) in sport injuries, or more appropriate dosimetry in radiotherapy.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
graduate students in biomedical engineering, and medical physics, studying medical image processing, computer vision and computers in biomedicie courses; graduate students in medical faculty for an overview of the physics and engineering background of image formation.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7503-0517-4 (9780750305174)
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S. Dunn | P. van der Stelt
Digital Radiology
Book
10/2000
1st Edition
Institute of Physics Publishing
€127.97
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Content
Introduction: Why this book? Applications today; Applications tomorrow; Digital image processing; Electromagnetic spectrum. Image formation by ionizing radiation: Physics of ionizing radiation; geometry of image formation; Physics of image intensifiers; Physics of fluorography; Physics of xeroradiography; Dual energy imaging; Nuclear medicine: ECT and PET; Exercises. Image formation by non-ionizing radiation: Introduction to alternative modalities: Acoustical physics; Ultrasound image formation; Physics and magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance image formation; Exercises. Digital image formation; Characteristics of image formation: MFT, resolution and sources of noise; System components; Film scanning devices; Direct image acquiistion devices; Image display and storage; Exercises. Point operation on digital images: Arithmetic operations; Logical operations; Intensity histograms and contrast modifications; Intensity histograms and thresholding; Applications and examples; Exercises. Neighbourhood operations: Convolution; Spatial and frequency domain filtering; Edge detection; Edge preserving smoothing; Applications and examples. Grouping operations: Binary and gray level connected components; Statistical methods for grouping; Boundary methods for grouping; Combinations of region and boundary methods; Applications and examples; Exercises. Interpretation: Measures of diagnostic performance; Human interpretation; Computer techniques for interpretation; AI and expert systems; Exercises. related topics: Calibration and dosimetry; Picture archival and communication; Exercises. Three dimensional reconstruction and tomosynthesis. Bibliography and references. Glossary. Answers to exercises.