Physics for Diagnostic Radiology

Fully revised and updated, this bestselling text helps readers understand how various imaging techniques work. This edition includes new chapters on PET and PACS as well as new material on digital receptors, radiation doses and risks to patients, and special radiographic techniques, including subtraction techniques and interventional radiology. It also emphasizes the differences between analogue and digital images and covers multi-slice CT and three-dimensional resolution, dual energy applications, and cone beam CT. Exercises, multiple choice questions, extensive references, and further reading aid in understanding.

Author: Philip Palin Dendy,Brian Heaton
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 08/04/2011
Pages: 716
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.05lbs
Size: 10.00h x 6.90w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781420083156