TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wolbarst,Anthony B.
AU  - Capasso,Patrizio
AU  - Wyant,Andrew R.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Medical imaging: essentials for physicians 
AV  - RC78.7.D53 W65 2013eb
U1  - 616.07/54 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex [U.K.]
PB  - Wiley/Blackwell
KW  - Diagnostic imaging
KW  - Imaging systems in medicine
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Sketches of the standard imaging modalities : different ways of creating visible contrast among tissues -- Image quality and dose : what constitutes a "good" medical image? -- The creation of two-dimensional x-ray projection maps (shadowgrams) of the body : differential attenuation of x-rays by tissues -- 20th century (analog) radiography and fluoroscopy : capturing the x-ray shadow with a film cassette or with an image intensifier tube plus electronic optical camera combination -- Radiation dose and radiogenic risk : ionization-induced damage to DNA can cause stochastic, deterministic, and teratogenic health effects and how to prevent them -- 21st century (digital) imaging : computer-based representation, acquisition, processing, storage, transmission, and analysis of images -- Digital planar imaging : replacing film and image intensifiers with solid state, electronic image receptors -- Computed tomography : superior contrast in three-dimensional x-ray attenuation maps -- Nuclear medicine : contrast from differential uptake of a radiopharmaceutical by tissues -- Diagnostic ultrasound : contrast from differences in elasticity or density across tissue interfaces -- MRI in one dimension and without relaxation : a gentle approach to a challenging subject -- MRI with T1 and T2 relaxation and in three dimensions -- Evolving and experimental modalities; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10682378
ER  -