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The essential physics of medical imaging
- Title
- The essential physics of medical imaging / Jerrold T. Bushberg [and others].
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RC78.7.D53 E87 2001g | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Bushberg, Jerrold T.
- Description
- xvi, 933 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Introduction to Medical Imaging -- Ch. 2. Radiation and the Atom -- Ch. 3. Interaction of Radiation with Matter -- Ch. 4. Computers in Medical Imaging -- Ch. 5. X-ray Production, X-ray Tubes, and Generators -- Ch. 6. Screen-Film Radiography -- Ch. 7. Film Processing -- Ch. 8. Mammography -- Ch. 9. Fluoroscopy -- Ch. 10. Image Quality -- Ch. 11. Digital Radiography -- Ch. 12. Adjuncts to Radiology -- Ch. 13. Computed Tomography -- Ch. 14. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance -- Ch. 15. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- Ch. 16. Ultrasound -- Ch. 17. Computer Networks, PACS, and Teleradiology -- Ch. 18. Radioactivity and Nuclear Transformation -- Ch. 19. Radionuclide Production and Radiopharmaceuticals -- Ch. 20. Radiation Detection and Measurement -- Ch. 21. Nuclear Imaging - The Scintillation Camera -- Ch. 22. Nuclear Imaging - Emission Tomography -- Ch. 23. Radiation Protection -- Ch. 24. Radiation Dosimetry of the Patient -- Ch. 25. Radiation Biology --
- App. A. Fundamental Principles of Physics -- App. B. Physical Constants, Prefixes, Geometry, Conversion Factors, and Radiologic Data -- App. C. Mass Attenuation Coefficients and Spectra Data Tables -- App. D. Radiopharmaceutical Characteristics and Dosimetry.
- ISBN
- 0683301187
- LCCN
- 2001041711
- OCLC
- ocm47177732
- SCSB-4240566
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries