Principles of Medical Imaging - Hardcover

Shung, K. Kirk; Smith, Michael; Tsui, Benjamin M.W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0126409706 ISBN 13: 9780126409703

Publisher: Academic Press, 1992

Synopsis

Since the early 1960s, the field of medical imaging has experienced explosive growth due to the development of three new imaging modalities - radionuclide imaging, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging. Along with X-ray, they are among the most important clinical diagnostic tools in medicine today. Additionally, the digital revolution has played a major role in the growth, with advances in computer and digital technology and in electronics making fast data acquisition and mass data storage possible. This text provides an introduction to the physics and instrumentation of the four most often used medical imaging techniques: x-ray imaging, including CT and digital radiography, radionuclide imaging, including SPECT and PET, ultrasound imaging, magnetic resonance imaging. Each chapter includes a discussion of recent technological developments and the biological effects of the imaging modality. End-of-chapter problem sets, lists of relevant references, and suggested further reading are presented for each technique.

About this title

Review:

"An excellent teaching tool for a course on medical imaging... I am anxious to place my order for several copies for our laboratory, library, offices and to use in course planning."--ROY W. MARTIN, University of Washington, Seattle

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0126409706
• ISBN 13: 9780126409703
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 289