Medical Imaging
1st Edition
Published on 9. April 2010
224 pages
978-0-313-35970-5 (ISBN)
Description
A prize-winning medical writer offers an explanation of modern diagnostic medical imaging technologies-and the issues that result from their use and misuse.
Medical Imaging describes the discovery and development of diagnostic imaging technologies, explaining how the technologies work and exploring some of the issues that such powerful and expensive technologies create. The book begins with the discovery of X-rays in 1895 and traces the history of imaging technology through today's tools, such as X-ray computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional imaging by positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
The contribution of these expensive technologies to the rising cost of healthcare in the United States and the unequal distribution of imaging diagnostic facilities, particularly in developing countries, is also considered. In addition, the book explores ethical questions that have surfaced in the past, including the reportability of incidental findings during a scan and admissibility of medical images as evidence in courts of law , and such newly emerging issues as the application of imaging tools in lie detection and the mammography guidelines controversy of 2009.
Medical Imaging describes the discovery and development of diagnostic imaging technologies, explaining how the technologies work and exploring some of the issues that such powerful and expensive technologies create. The book begins with the discovery of X-rays in 1895 and traces the history of imaging technology through today's tools, such as X-ray computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional imaging by positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
The contribution of these expensive technologies to the rising cost of healthcare in the United States and the unequal distribution of imaging diagnostic facilities, particularly in developing countries, is also considered. In addition, the book explores ethical questions that have surfaced in the past, including the reportability of incidental findings during a scan and admissibility of medical images as evidence in courts of law , and such newly emerging issues as the application of imaging tools in lie detection and the mammography guidelines controversy of 2009.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-0-313-35970-5 (9780313359705)
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Person
Harry LeVine, III, PhD, is associate professor in the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I: History and Scientific Background of Medical Imaging
- 1 Before the Light-History of Looking Inside the Human Body
- 2 The Relationship of the Human Body and Disease
- 3 First Light-The Discovery of X-Rays
- 4 The Body in Motion-Fluoroscopy
- 5 Breast Cancer Detection-Mammography
- 6 Three-Dimensional Imaging-The Development of Tomography
- 7 Imaging the Light from Within-SPECT and PET
- 8 Lighting up the Body's Own Molecules-Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- 9 From Oceans and Bathtubs-Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging
- 10 Shining a Light Within-Endoscopy
- 11 Future Imaging Modalities
- 12 The Digital Age
- Part II: Controversies in Medical Imaging
- 13 Radiation Safety and Protection
- 14 Whole-Body CT Scanning for Cancer Detection
- 15 Cost-Benefit of Medical Imaging
- 16 Accessibility of Medical Imaging in Developing Countries
- 17 Admissibility of Medical Images as Evidence in a Court of Law
- 18 Ethics of Medical Imaging
- 19 Mandatory Ultrasound Legislation
- 20 The 2009 Mammography Guidelines Controversy
- Part III: References and Resources
- A: Annotated Primary Source Documents
- B: Electromagnetic Radiation and the Atom
- C: Medical Imaging Timeline
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- References and Further Reading
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