Preface | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Foreword | p. xix |
Basic Concepts | p. 1 |
Introduction to Medical Imaging | p. 3 |
The Modalities | p. 4 |
Image Properties | p. 13 |
Radiation and the Atom | p. 17 |
Radiation | p. 17 |
Structure of the Atom | p. 21 |
Interaction of Radiation with Matter | p. 31 |
Particle Interactions | p. 31 |
X- and Gamma Ray Interactions | p. 37 |
Attenuation of X- and Gamma Rays | p. 45 |
Absorption of Energy from X- and Gamma Rays | p. 52 |
Imparted Energy, Equivalent Dose, and Effective Dose | p. 56 |
Computers in Medical Imaging | p. 61 |
Storage and Transfer of Data in Computers...td> | p. 61 |
Analog Data and Conversion between Analog and Digital Forms | p. 66 |
Components and Operation of Computers | p. 70 |
Performance of Computer Systems | p. 78 |
Computer Software | p. 79 |
Storage, Processing, and Display of Digital Images | p. 82 |
Diagnostic Radiology | p. 95 |
X-ray Production, X-ray Tubes, and Generators | p. 97 |
Production of X-rays | p. 97 |
X-ray Tubes | p. 102 |
X-ray Tube Insert, Tube Housing, Filtration, and Collimation | p. 113 |
X-ray Generator Function and Components | p. 116 |
X-ray Generator Circuit Designs | p. 124 |
Timing the X-ray Exposure in Radiography | p. 132 |
Factors Affecting X-ray Emission | p. 135 |
Power Ratings and Heat Loading | p. 137 |
X-ray Exposure Rating Charts | p. 140 |
Screen-Film Radiography | p. 145 |
Projection Radiography | p. 145 |
Basic Geometric Principles | p. 146 |
The Screen-Film Cassette | p. 148 |
Characteristics of Screens | p. 149 |
Characteristics of Film | p. 157 |
The Screen-Film System | p. 163 |
Contrast and Dose in Radiography | p. 164 |
Scattered Radiation in Projection Radiography | p. 166 |
Film Processing | p. 175 |
Film Exposure | p. 175 |
The Film Processor | p. 178 |
Processor Artifacts | p. 181 |
Other Considerations | p. 183 |
Laser Cameras | p. 184 |
Dry Processing | p. 184 |
Processor Quality Assurance | p. 186 |
Mammography | p. 191 |
X-ray Tube Design | p. 194 |
X-ray Generator and Phototimer System | p. 204 |
Compression, Scattered Radiation, and Magnification | p. 207 |
Screen-Film Cassettes and Film Processing | p. 212 |
Ancillary Procedures | p. 219 |
Radiation Dosimetry | p. 222 |
Regulatory Requirements | p. 224 |
Fluoroscopy | p. 231 |
Functionality | p. 231 |
Fluoroscopic Imaging Chain Components | p. 232 |
Peripheral Equipment | p. 242 |
Fluoroscopy Modes of Operation | p. 244 |
Automatic Brightness Control (ABC) | p. 246 |
Image Quality | p. 248 |
Fluoroscopy Suites | p. 249 |
Radiation Dose | p. 251 |
Image Quality | p. 255 |
Contrast | p. 255 |
Spatial Resolution | p. 263 |
Noise | p. 273 |
Detective Quantum Efficiency (DQE) | p. 283 |
Sampling and Aliasing in Digital Images | p. 283 |
Contrast-Detail Curves | p. 287 |
Receiver Operating Characteristics Curves | p. 288 |
Digital Radiography | p. 293 |
Computed Radiography | p. 293 |
Charged-Coupled Devices (CCDs) | p. 297 |
Flat Panel Detectors | p. 300 |
Digital Mammography | p. 304 |
Digital versus Analog Processes | p. 307 |
Implementation | p. 307 |
Patient Dose Considerations | p. 308 |
Hard Copy versus Soft Copy Display | p. 308 |
Digital Image Processing | p. 309 |
Contrast versus Spatial Resolution in Digital Imaging | p. 315 |
Adjuncts to Radiology | p. 317 |
Geometric Tomography | p. 317 |
Digital Tomosynthesis | p. 320 |
Temporal Subtraction | p. 321 |
Dual-Energy Subtraction | p. 323 |
Computed Tomography | p. 327 |
Basic Principles | p. 327 |
Geometry and Historical Development | p. 331 |
Detectors and Detector Arrays | p. 339 |
Details of Acquisition | p. 342 |
Tomographic Reconstruction | p. 346 |
Digital Image Display | p. 358 |
Radiation Dose | p. 362 |
Image Quality | p. 367 |
Artifacts | p. 369 |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | p. 373 |
Magnetization Properties | p. 373 |
Generation and Detection of the Magnetic Resonance Signal | p. 381 |
Pulse Sequences | p. 391 |
Spin Echo | p. 391 |
Inversion Recovery | p. 399 |
Gradient Recalled Echo | p. 403 |
Signal from Flow | p. 408 |
Perfusion and Diffusion Contrast | p. 409 |
Magnetization Transfer Contrast | p. 411 |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | p. 415 |
Localization of the MR Signal | p. 415 |
k-space Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction | p. 426 |
Three-Dimensional Fourier Transform Image Acquisition | p. 438 |
Image Characteristics | p. 439 |
Angiography and Magnetization Transfer Contrast | p. 442 |
Artifacts | p. 447 |
Instrumentation | p. 458 |
Safety and Bioeffects | p. 465 |
Ultrasound | p. 469 |
Characteristics of Sound | p. 470 |
Interactions of Ultrasound with Matter | p. 476 |
Transducers | p. 483 |
Beam Properties | p. 490 |
Image Data Acquisition | p. 501 |
Two-Dimensional Image Display and Storage | p. 510 |
Miscellaneous Issues | p. 516 |
Image Quality and Artifacts | p. 524 |
Doppler Ultrasound | p. 531 |
System Performance and Quality Assurance | p. 544 |
Acoustic Power and Bioeffects | p. 548 |
Computer Networks, PACS, and Teleradiology | p. 555 |
Computer Networks | p. 555 |
PACS and Teleradiology | p. 565 |
Nuclear Medicine | p. 587 |
Radioactivity and Nuclear Transformation | p. 589 |
Radionuclide Decay Terms and Relationships | p. 589 |
Nuclear Transformation | p. 593 |
Radionuclide Production and Radiopharmaceuticals | p. 603 |
Radionuclide Production | p. 603 |
Radiopharmaceuticals | p. 617 |
Regulatory Issues | p. 624 |
Radiation Detection and Measurement | p. 627 |
Types of Detectors | p. 627 |
Gas-Filled Detectors | p. 632 |
Scintillation Detectors | p. 636 |
Semiconductor Detectors | p. 641 |
Pulse Height Spectroscopy | p. 644 |
Non-Imaging Detector Applications | p. 654 |
Counting Statistics | p. 661 |
Nuclear Imaging--The Scintillation Camera | p. 669 |
Planar Nuclear Imaging: The Anger Scintillation Camera | p. 670 |
Computers in Nuclear Imaging | p. 695 |
Nuclear Imaging--Emission Tomography | p. 703 |
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) | p. 704 |
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) | p. 719 |
Radiation Protection, Dosimetry, and Biology | p. 737 |
Radiation Protection | p. 739 |
Sources of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation | p. 739 |
Personnel Dosimetry | p. 747 |
Radiation Detection Equipment in Radiation Safety | p. 753 |
Radiation Protection and Exposure Control | p. 755 |
Regulatory Agencies and Radiation Exposure Limits | p. 788 |
Radiation Dosimetry of the Patient | p. 795 |
X-ray Dosimetry | p. 800 |
Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry: The MIRD Method | p. 805 |
Radiation Biology | p. 813 |
Interaction of Radiation with Tissue | p. 814 |
Cellular Radiobiology | p. 818 |
Response of Organ Systems to Radiation | p. 827 |
Acute Radiation Syndrome | p. 831 |
Radiation-Induced Carcinogenesis | p. 838 |
Hereditary Effects of Radiation Exposure | p. 851 |
Radiation Effects In Utero | p. 853 |
Appendices | p. 863 |
Fundamental Principles of Physics | p. 865 |
Physical Laws, Quantities, and Units | p. 865 |
Classical Physics | p. 867 |
Electricity and Magnetism | p. 868 |
Physical Constants, Prefixes, Geometry, Conversion Factors, and Radiologic Data | p. 883 |
Physical Constants, Prefixes, and Geometry | p. 883 |
Conversion Factors | p. 884 |
Radiological Data for Elements 1 through 100 | p. 885 |
Mass Attenuation Coefficients and Spectra Data Tables | p. 887 |
Mass Attenuation Coefficients for Selected Elements | p. 887 |
Mass Attenuation Coefficients for Selected Compounds | p. 889 |
Mass Energy Attenuation Coefficients for Selected Detector Compounds | p. 890 |
Mammography Spectra: Mo/Mo | p. 891 |
Mammography Spectra: Mo/Rh | p. 893 |
Mammography Spectra: Rh/Rh | p. 895 |
General Diagnostic Spectra: W/Al | p. 897 |
Radiopharmaceutical Characteristics and Dosimetry | p. 899 |
Route of administration, localization, clinical utility, and other characteristics of commonly used radiopharmaceuticals | p. 900 |
Typical administered adult activity, highest organ dose, gonadal dose, and adult effective dose for commonly used radiopharmaceuticals | p. 908 |
Effective doses per unit activity administered to patients age 15, 10, 5, and 1 year for commonly used diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals | p. 910 |
Absorbed dose estimates to the embryo/fetus per unit activity administered to the mother for commonly used radiopharmaceuticals | p. 911 |
Internet Resources | p. 913 |
Subject Index | p. 915 |
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