| Description |
xxxi, 800 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
UNIT I: CREATING THE BEAM: Basic mathematics -- Radiation concepts -- Electricity -- Electromagnetism -- X-ray equipment -- The X-ray tube -- X-ray production -- UNIT II: PROTECTING PATIENTS AND PERSONNEL: Radiation protection concepts and equipment -- Radiation protection procedures for patients and personnel -- Filtration -- The prime factors -- X-ray interactions - Minimizing patient dose -- UNIT III: CREATING THE IMAGE: Vision and perception -- Beam restriction -- The patient as a beam emitter -- The pathology problem -- The grid -- Radiologic film -- Film processing -- Film sensitometry -- Intensifying screens and film/screen combinations -- Digital radiography -- Picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) -- UNIT IV: ANALYZING THE IMAGE: The imaging process -- Density / image receptor exposure -- Contrast -- Recorded detail -- Distortion -- The art of image critique -- Quality management -- UNIT V: COMPARING EXPOSURE SYSTEMS: Exposure systems -- Automatic exposure controls -- Exposure conversion problems -- UNIT VI: SPECIAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND MODALITIES: Mobile radiography -- Fluoroscopy -- Tomography and digital tomosynthesis -- Mammography -- Bone densitometry -- Vascular imaging equipment -- Computed tomography -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Nuclear medicine and PET scanning -- Radiation therapy -- Diagnostic medical sonography -- Appendix A: On a new kind of rays -- Appendix B: Answers to case studies -- Appendix F: Epigraph sources and credits -- Glossary -- Index |
| Summary |
An overview of imaging modalities, PRINCIPLES OF RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING: AN ART & A SCIENCE, 5th Edition delivers essential information on radiographic contrast, density, detail, and distortion, as well as the latest instrumentation and technology used in the imaging sciences. Building logically from the simplest concepts to the more complex, the book ties topics together visually and conceptually in a thorough presentation of radiographic exposure. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Radiography, Medical.
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Radiography.
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Technology, Radiologic.
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| Author |
Adler, Arlene McKenna.
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| ISBN |
1439058725 |
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9781439058725 |
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