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Record Nr.

UNINA9910138866103321

Titolo

Photon-based medical imagery [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Hervé Fanet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, U.K., : ISTE

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2011

ISBN

1-118-60124-6

1-118-60122-X

1-118-60134-3

1-299-18760-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Collana

Digital signal and image processing series

Altri autori (Persone)

FanetHervé

Disciplina

610.28

616.07/54

616.0754

Soggetti

Diagnostic imaging

Photons - Diagnostic use

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Adapted and updated from Imagerie médicale à base de photons : radiologie, tomographie X, tomographie gamma et positons, imagerie optique published 2010 in France by Hermes Science/Lavoisier"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Interactions between radiation and matter: consequences for detection and medical imaging -- Detectors for medical imaging -- Quantification of digital radiography image processing -- X-ray tomography -- Positron-emission tomography: principles and applications -- Single photon imaging -- Optical imaging.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the different principles and equipments used in medical imaging. Importance of medical imaging for diagnostic is strongly increasing and it is now necessary to have a good knowledge of the different physical possible principles.  Researchers, clinicians, engineers and professionals in this area, along with postgraduate students in the signal and image processing field, will find this book of great interest.