Problems and Solutions in Medical Physics : Diagnostic Imaging Physics /: Diagnostic Imaging Physics. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kwan-Hoong Ng, Jeannie Hsiu Ding Wong, Geoffrey D. Clarke.
• Authors: Ng, Kwan-Hoong; Wong, Jeannie Hsiu Ding; Clarke, Geoffrey D
• Contents: Intro; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Preface; Preface; Authors; Acknowledgements; 1 Basic Physics; 1.1 Transmission Intensity; 1.2 HVL; 1.3 K-Edge; 1.4 Attenuation; 1.5 Contrast; 2 X-ray Production; 2.1 X-ray Tube; 2.2 Heat; 2.3 Focal Spot Size; 2.4 Bremsstrahlung; 2.5 Effect of kV and mAs on Image Quality; 2.6 X-ray Spectrum; 2.7 X-ray Output; 2.8 Optical Density, Contrast; 2.9 X-ray Spectrum; 2.10 High kV-Short Exposure; 2.11 X-ray Spectrum; 3 Screen Film Radiography; 3.1 Hurter and Driffield (H&D) Curve; 3.2 Radiographic Screens 3.3 Film Gamma and Speed3.4 Contrast; 3.5 Screen Film; 3.6 Grid; 3.7 Grid Ratio; 3.8 Rare Earth Screens; 3.9 Intensifying Screen; 4 Digital Radiography; 4.1 Characteristic Curves of Computed Radiography vs. Screen Film Radiography; 4.2 Direct and Indirect Flat Panel Detectors; 4.3 Photon Yield; 4.4 Image Storage; 4.5 Grey Scale; 4.6 Soft Copy Reporting; 4.7 Grey Scale; 4.8 Computed Radiography; 4.9 Exposure Index and Deviation Index; 5 Image Quality; 5.1 Quality Assurance; 5.2 Contrast; 5.3 Line Spread Function; 5.4 Geometric Penumbra; 5.5 Contrast with Relative Scatter; 5.6 Resolution 5.7 Spatial Resolution5.8 Modulation Transfer Function; 5.9 Contrast-Detail; 5.10 Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve; 5.11 Filter Kernel; 5.12 Nyquist Criterion; 6 Mammography; 6.1 Target-Filter; 6.2 Breast Compression; 6.3 Screen Film and Digital Receptor; 6.4 Mammography X-Ray Tube; 6.5 Higher kVp Technique; 6.6 Magnification Radiography; 6.7 Compression and Image Quality; 6.8 Mammography Quality Control; 6.9 Anode Angle; 7 Fluoroscopy; 7.1 Image Intensifier; 7.2 Fluorescent Screens; 7.3 Charge-Coupled Device; 7.4 Artefact; 7.5 Digital Subtraction Angiography; 7.6 Noise 7.7 Biplane Angiography7.8 Post-Processing Techniques; 7.9 Fluoroscopic Image Quality; 7.10 Patient Dose Reduction; 7.11 Kerma Area Product (KAP); 7.12 Interventional Reference Point; 8 Computed Tomography; 8.1 Spiral CT; 8.2 Noise; 8.3 CT Number; 8.4 Dual Energy CT; 8.5 Partial Volume Effect; 8.6 Pitch; 8.7 Table Speed; 8.8 Spatial Resolution; 9 Magnetic Resonance Imaging; 9.1 Nuclear Spin; 9.2 Precession; 9.3 Gyromagnetic Ratio; 9.4 Larmor Frequency; 9.5 MRI Images; 9.6 Longitudinal Relaxation; 9.7 Signal to Noise Ratio and Spatial Resolution; 9.8 Magnetic Field Gradient; 9.9 T2 and T2* 9.10 Spin9.11 Artefact; 9.12 T2*; 9.13 T1; 9.14 Slice Thickness; 9.15 Field of View; 9.16 Signal to Noise Ratio; 9.17 Spin Echo Pulse; 9.18 Inversion Recovery; 9.19 Acquisition Time; 9.20 Chemical Shift Artefact; 9.21 Specific Absorption Rate; 10 Ultrasound; 10.1 Axial Resolution and Lateral Resolution; 10.2 Artefacts; 10.3 Angle of Transmission; 10.4 Reflection Coefficients; 10.5 Doppler Ultrasound; 10.6 Ultrasound Transducer; 10.7 Attenuation; 10.8 Ultrasound Attenuation; 10.9 Q Factor; 10.10 Contrast; 10.11 Transducer Selection; 10.12 Ultrasound Safety
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.0757; Medical Physics; Biomedical Engineering; PHYSICSnetBASE; SCI-TECHnetBASE; BIOMEDICALSCIENCEnetBASE; MEDICINEnetBASE; STMnetBASE; Medical physics; Biomedical engineering; Diagnostic imaging; Medical radiology; Biomedical engineering; Medical physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351006781; 1351006789; 9781351006774; 1351006770; 9781351006767; 1351006762
• Related ISBNs: 113854258X; 9781138542587
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