Essential Physics of Medical Imaging - Book Contents

Basic Concepts

Introduction to Medical Imaging; Radiation and the Atom; Interaction of Radiation with Matter; Image Quality; Medical Imaging Informatics

Diagnostic Radiology

X-ray Production, X-ray Tubes and X-ray Generators; Radiography; Mammography; Fluoroscopy; Computed Tomography; X-ray Dosimetry in Projection Imaging and Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Basics; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Ultrasound

Nuclear Medicine

Radioactivity and Nuclear Transformation; Radionuclide Production, Radiopharmaceuticals, and Internal Dosimetry; Radiation Detection and Measurement; Nuclear Imaging-The Scintillation Camera; Nuclear Imaging-Emission Tomography

Radiation Biology and Protection