Physics of Radiology
Author: Anthony B. WolbarstISBN: 9780944838952
Published: 1993 | 461 pp. | Hardcover
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
On the Structure of the Book
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
1. Sketches of the Imaging
Modalities
2. An Introduction to Radiography
II. Scientific Foundation
Part 1. Energy and Matter
3. Motion and Force
Appendix
3-1. Keeping Track of How Things Change: A Brief Review of Functions and
Graphs
4. Electric and Magnetic Fields
and Electromagnetic Waves
5. Energy
6. Atoms and Photons
7. The Modern Theory of Matter
Part 2. Production of X-rays
8. Resistors, Transistors, and all
that: The Components of an X-Ray Tube Circuit
9. The Nuts and Bolts of
Generators
10. X-ray Tubes
11. The X-ray Beam
Part 3. Interaction of X-rays with Matter
12. X-ray Interaction Mechanisms
13. The Linear and Mass Attenuation
Coefficients
Appendix 13-1.
Some Useful Ideas about Probability
14. Dependence of Attenuation on
Atomic Number and Photon Energy
Appendix 14-1.
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
15. Attenuation of the X-ray Beam
in the Patient's Body
16. Detecting Ionizing Radiation
17. Mapping Exposure on Film
III. Analog X-ray Imaging
Part 4. The Formation of a Radiographic Image
18. Contrast, Resolution, and Noise:
Determinants of the Diagnostic Utility of an Image
Appendix 18-1.
Some Useful Ideas from Statistics
19. Screen-Film Radiography I: The
Primary X-ray Image
20. Screen-Film Radiography II:
Scatter Radiation and Grids
21. Screen-Film Radiography III:
Films and Screens
23. Screen-Film Radiography V: Optimal
Technique Factors
24. The Modulation Transfer Function
and Other Measures of Imaging System
Capabilities
Appendix 24-1.
Waves in time and space: The Sine Function
Part 5: Other Analog X-ray Imaging Modalities
25. Mammography
26. Other Special Screen-Film
Techniques
27. Fluoroscopy
28. Fluoroscopic Television
29. Screen-Film and Fluoroscopic
Quality Assurance and Radiation Safety
Appendix 29-1.
An Aside on Purchasing Equipment
Part 6. Dose, Biologic Effects, and Radiation Protection
30. Exposure and Tissue Dose
31. Determining the Dose within
a Body
32. Effects of Ionizing Radiation
on Tissue
Appendix 32-1.
Cell Killing with High Linear Energy Transfer Radiation
33. Carcinogenesis and Other Radiation
Hazards
34. Rems, Risks, and Regs: The
Formal Basis for Radiation Protection Standards
IV. Digital Imaging
Part 7. Digital X-ray Imaging Modalities
35. Digital Representation of an
Image, and a Bit about Computers
36. Digital Angiography and
Radiography
37. Computed Tomography I: Creating
a Map of CT Numbers
38. Computed Tomography II: Hardware
and Image Quality
Part 8. Gamma Ray Imaging
39. Nuclear Medicine I:
Radiopharmaceuticals
Appendix 39-1.
The Exponential Decay of Radioneuclide Activity
40. Nuclear Medicine II: Imaging
Part 9. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
41. Magnetic Resonance I: The Quantum
View of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
42. Magnetic Resonance II:
The Classical View of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
43. Magnetic Resonance III: Relaxation
Times (T1 and T2), Pulse Sequences, and Image Contrast
44. Magnetic Resonance IV: Imaging
Part 10. Ultrasound Imaging
45. Ultrasound I: Ultrasound in
Tissues
46. Ultrasound II: Creating the
Ultrasound Beam
47. Ultrasound III: Imaging
Part 11. Computer-Based Image Handling Networks
48. PACS, IMACS, and the
Totally Digital Department
References
List of Symbols and Abbreviations
Index