The essential physics of medical imaging /

Bushberg, Jerrold T.

The essential physics of medical imaging / Jerrold T. Bushberg [and three others]. - Third edition. - 1 online resource (1043 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.




Diagnostic imaging.
Medical physics.


Electronic books.

RC78.7.D53 / E87 2011eb

616.07/54