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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797032703321

Titolo

Webb's physics of medical imaging / / edited by M A Flower

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-09957-6

1-4665-6895-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxvi, 811 p.)

Collana

Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Disciplina

616.07/54

Soggetti

Diagnostic imaging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Taylor & Francis book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Series Preface; Quotation; Contents; Contributors; Editor; Acknowledgement to the First Edition; Acknowledgement to the Second Edition; Abbreviations; Introduction and Some Challenging Questions; Chapter 1 - In the Beginning: the Origins of Medical Imaging; Chapter 2 - Diagnostic Radiology with X-Rays; Chapter 3 - X-Ray Transmission Computed Tomography; Chapter 4 - Clinical Applications of X-Ray Computed Tomography in Radiotherapy Planning; Chapter 5 - Radioisotope Imaging; Chapter 6 - Diagnostic Ultrasound; Chapter 7 - Spatially Localised Magnetic Resonance

Chapter 8 - Physical Aspects of Infrared ImagingChapter 9 - Imaging of Tissue Electrical Impedance; Chapter 10 - Optical Imaging; Chapter 11 - Mathematics of Image Formation and Image Processing; Chapter 12 - Medical Image Processing; Chapter 13 - Perception and Interpretation of Images; Chapter 14 - Computer Requirements of Imaging Systems; Chapter 15 - Multimodality Imaging; Chapter 16 - Epilogue; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Since the publication of the best-selling, highly acclaimed first edition, the technology and clinical applications of medical imaging have changed significantly. Gathering these developments into one volume, Webb’s Physics of Medical Imaging, Second Edition presents a thorough update of the basic physics, modern technology and many examples of clinical application across all the modalities of medical imaging.