The essential physics of medical imaging / Jerrold T. Bushberg.

Author/creator Bushberg, Jerrold T.
Format Book
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2011.
Descriptionxii,1030 pages: illustrations ; 27cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction to medical imaging -- Radiation and the atom -- Interaction of radiation with matter -- Image quality -- Imaging informatics -- X-ray production, X-ray tubes, and generators -- Radiography -- Mammography -- Fluoroscopy -- Computed tomography -- X-ray dosimetry in projection imaging and CT -- Nuclear magnetic resonance -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- Ultrasound -- Radioactivity and nuclear transformation -- Radionuclide production and radiopharmaceuticals -- Radiation detection and measurement -- Nuclear imaging using the scintillation camera -- Nuclear tomography -- Radiopharmaceutical dosimetry -- Radiation biology -- Radiation protection.
Local noteLaupus-WCP
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011004310
ISBN9780781780575
ISBN0781780578

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