06391nam 22010093u 450 991013904350332120220809224611.01-118-48024-41-118-48026-01-299-44881-X1-118-48028-7(CKB)2550000001018496(EBL)947690(OCoLC)836407247(SSID)ssj0000856450(PQKBManifestationID)12458841(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856450(PQKBWorkID)10817885(PQKB)10807967(MiAaPQ)EBC947690(EXLCZ)99255000000101849620131014d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedical Imaging[electronic resource] Essentials for PhysiciansHoboken Wiley20131 online resource (435 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-470-50570-2 Medical Imaging: Essentials for Physicians; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION : Dr. Doe's Headaches An Imaging Case Study; Computed tomography; Picture archiving and communication system; T1, T2, and FLAIR MRI; MR spectroscopy and a virtual biopsy; Functional MRI; Diffusion tensor MR imaging; MR guided biopsy; Pathology; Positron emission tomography?; Treatment and follow-up; CHAPTER 1 Sketches of the Standard Imaging Modalities : Different Ways of Creating Visible Contrast Among Tissues; "Roentgen has surely gone crazy!"Different imaging probes interact with different tissues in different ways and yield different kinds of medical informationTwentieth-century (analog) radiography and fluoroscopy: contrast from differential attenuation of X-rays by tissues; X-ray film of a cracked phalange; Generating the beam at the anode of the X-ray tube; Contrast from differential attenuation of the beam within the body; Exposure of a screen-film image receptor; Image intensifier-based fluoroscopy with a CCD/CMOS electronic optical cameraTwenty-first century (digital) images and digital planar imaging: computer-based images and solid-state image receptorsDigital images; Computed tomography: three-dimensional mapping of X-ray attenuation by tissues; Helical, multi-slice CT; Nuclear medicine, including SPECT and PET: contrast from the differential uptake of a radiopharmaceutical by tissues; Radiopharmaceutical = radionucleus + organ-specific agent; Creating contrast through differential uptake of photon-generating radiopharmaceuticals; SPECT and PETDiagnostic ultrasound: contrast from differences in tissue elasticity or densityB-mode anatomic imaging; Doppler imaging of blood flow; Magnetic resonance imaging: mapping the spatial distribution of spin-relaxation times of hydrogen nuclei in tissue water and lipids; Spin-relaxation times of protons in water and lipids in a strong magnetic field; Mapping the spatial distribution of proton T1 and T2; Appendix: selection of imaging modalities to assist in medical diagnosis; Cardiac versus non-cardiac chest pain; Abdominal/pelvis imaging; Head and neck imaging; Musculoskeletal imagingVascular imagingReferences; CHAPTER 2 Image Quality and Dose : What Constitutes a "Good" Medical Image?; A brief history of magnetism; About those probes and their interactions with matter . . .; Energy; Electromagnetic waves; Photons; Atoms; Molecules and fluorescent materials; The image quality quartet: contrast, resolution, stochastic (random) noise, artifacts - and always dose; Subject contrast; Resolution; Stochastic (random, statistical) noise and the signal-to-noise ratio; Artifacts: non-stochastic noise; Quality assurance; Image quality and radiation safety programs; Image QAKnown medical benefits versus potential radiation risks""An excellent primer on medical imaging for all members of the medical profession . . . including non-radiological specialists. It is technically solid and filled with diagrams and clinical images illustrating important points, but it is also easily readable . . . So many outstanding chapters . . . The book uses little mathematics beyond simple algebra [and] presents complex ideas in very understandable terms.""-Melvin E. Clouse, MD, Vice Chairman Emeritus, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Deaconess Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School<Diagnostic imaging -- Digital techniquesDiagnostic Imaging - methodsDiagnostic imaging -- MethodsImage Enhancement - methodsImage enhancement -- MethodsImage Processing, Computer-AssistedDiagnostic Techniques and ProceduresInvestigative TechniquesPhotographyComputing MethodologiesDiagnosisInformation ScienceMethodsDiagnostic ImagingImage EnhancementMedicineHILCCHealth & Biological SciencesHILCCRadiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical PhysicsHILCCElectronic books.Diagnostic imaging -- Digital techniques.Diagnostic Imaging - methods.Diagnostic imaging -- Methods.Image Enhancement - methods.Image enhancement -- Methods.Image Processing, Computer-AssistedDiagnostic Techniques and ProceduresInvestigative TechniquesPhotographyComputing MethodologiesDiagnosisInformation ScienceMethodsDiagnostic ImagingImage EnhancementMedicineHealth & Biological SciencesRadiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics616.0754Wolbarst Anthony B960788Capasso Patrizio960789Wyant Andrew R960790AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910139043503321Medical Imaging2178034UNINA