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• Instructions for online access
• Cover image
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Review of Basic Physics
• Electrostatics
• Electrodynamics
• Magnetism
• Elecromagnetism
• Classical Physics
• Useful Units in Radiology
• Copyright
• Reviewers
• Dedication
• This Book is also Dedicated to My Friends Here and Gone
• Dedication – Saintly Stitchers
• Preface
• Purpose and Content
• Historical Perspective
• New to This Edition
• Ancillaries
• A Note on the Text
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Radiologic Physics
• Chapter 1 Essential Concepts of Radiologic Science
• Nature of Our Surroundings
• Matter and Energy
• Sources of Ionizing Radiation
• Discovery of X-Rays
• Development of Medical Imaging
• Reports of Radiation Injury
• Basic Radiation Protection
• Standard Units of Measurement
• Mechanics
• Terminology for Radiologic Science
• The Medical Imaging Team
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 2 The Structure of Matter
• Centuries of Discovery
• Fundamental Particles
• Atomic Structure
• Atomic Nomenclature
• Combinations of Atoms
• Radioactivity
• Types of Ionizing Radiation
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 3 Electromagnetic Energy
• Photons
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Waves and Particles
• Matter and Energy
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 4 Electricity, Magnetism, and Electromagnetism
• Electrostatics
• Electrodynamics
• Magnetism
• Electromagnetism
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Part II X-Radiation
• Chapter 5 The X-ray Imaging System
• Operating Console
• Autotransformer
• Exposure Timers
• High-Voltage Generator
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 6 The X-ray Tube
• External Components
• Internal Components
• X-ray Tube Failure
• Rating Charts
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 7 X-ray Production
• Electron Target Interactions
• X-Ray Emission Spectrum
• Factors Affecing the X-ray Emission Spectrum
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 8 X-ray Emission
• X-ray Quantity
• X-ray Quality
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 9 X-ray Interaction With Matter
• Five X-ray Interactions With Matter
• Differential Absorption
• Contrast Examinations
• Exponential Attenuation
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Part III The Radiographic Image
• Chapter 10 Radiographic Image Quality
• Definitions
• Film Factors
• Geometric Factors
• Subject Factors
• Tools for Improved Radiographic Image Quality
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 11 Scatter Radiation
• Production of Scatter Radiation
• Control of Scatter Radiation
• Grid Performance
• Grid Types
• Grid Problems
• Grid Selection
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 12 Screen-Film Radiography
• Radiographic Film
• Types of Film
• Handling and Storage of Film
• Formation of the Latent Image
• Radiographic Intensifying Screens
• Screen Characteristics
• Screen-Film Combinations
• Care of Screens
• Film Processing
• Processing Chemistry
• Automatic Processing
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 13 Screen-Film Radiographic Technique
• Exposure Factors
• Imaging System Characteristics
• Patient Factors
• Image-Quality Factors
• Radiographic Technique Charts
• Automatic Exposure Techniques
• Tomography
• Magnification Radiography
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Part IV The Digital Radiographic Image
• Chapter 14 Medical Imaging Computer Science
• History of Computers
• Computer Architecture
• Applications to Medical Imaging
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 15 Computed Radiography
• The Computed Radiography Image Receptor
• The Computed Radiography Reader
• Imaging Characteristics
• Patient Characteristics
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 16 Digital Radiography
• Scanned Projection Radiography
• Charge-Coupled Device
• Cesium Iodide/Charge-Coupled Device
• Cesium Iodide/Amorphous Silicon
• Amorphous Selenium
• Digital Mammography
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 17 Digital Radiographic Technique
• Spatial Resolution
• Contrast Resolution
• Contrast-Detail Curve
• Patient Radiation Dose Considerations
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 18 Viewing the Digital Image
• Photometric Quantities
• Hard Copy–Soft Copy
• Liquid Crystal Display
• Light-Emitting Diode Display
• Preprocessing the Digital Radiographic Image
• Postprocessing the Digital Radiographic Image
• Picture Archiving and Communication System
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Part V Image Artifacts and Quality Control
• Chapter 19 Screen-Film Radiographic Artifacts
• Exposure Artifacts
• Processing Artifacts
• Handling and Storage Artifacts
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 20 Screen-Film Radiographic Quality Control
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control
• Screen-Film Radiographic Quality Control
• Tomography Quality Control
• Processor Quality Control
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 21 Digital Radiographic Artifacts
• Image Receptor Artifacts
• Software Artifacts
• Object Artifacts
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 22 Digital Radiographic Quality Control
• Performance Assessment Standards
• Luminance Meter
• Digital Display Device Quality Control
• Quality Control by the Radiologic Technologist
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Part VI Advanced X-Ray Imaging
• Chapter 23 Mammography
• Soft Tissue Radiography
• Basis for Mammography
• The Mammographic Imaging System
• Screen-Film Mammography
• Digital Mammography
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 24 Mammography Quality Control
• Quality Control Team
• Screen-Film Quality Control
• Digital Quality Control
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 25 Fluoroscopy
• An Overview
• Special Demands of Fluoroscopy
• Fluoroscopic Technique
• Image Intensification
• Fluoroscopic Image Monitoring
• Fluoroscopy Quality Control
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 26 Digital Fluoroscopy
• Digital Fluoroscopy Imaging System
• Image Receptor
• Image Display
• Digital Subtraction Angiography
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 27 Interventional Radiology
• Types of Interventional Procedures
• Basic Principles
• Interventional Radiology Suite
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 28 Computed Tomography
• Principles of Operation
• Generations of Computed Tomography
• Multislice Helical Computed Tomography
• Imaging System Design
• Image Characteristics
• Image Quality
• Imaging Technique
• Computed Tomography Quality Control
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Part VII Radiobiology
• Chapter 29 Human Biology
• Human Radiation Response
• Composition of the Human Body
• Cell Theory
• The Human Cell
• Tissues and Organs
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 30 Fundamental Principles of Radiobiology
• Law of Bergonie and Tribondeau
• Physical Factors That Affect Radiosensitivity
• Biologic Factors That Affect Radiosensitivity
• Radiation Dose-Response Relationships
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 31 Molecular Radiobiology
• Irradiation of Macromolecules
• Direct and Indirect Effects
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 32 Cellular Radiobiology
• Target Theory
• Cell-Survival Kinetics
• Cell-Cycle Effects
• Radiation Effect Modification
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 33 Deterministic Effects of Radiation
• Acute Radiation Lethality
• Local Tissue Damage
• Hematologic Effects
• Cytogenetic Effects
• The Human Genome
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 34 Stochastic Effects of Radiation
• Local Tissue Effects
• Life Span Shortening
• Risk Estimates
• Radiation-Induced Malignancy
• Total Risk of Malignancy
• Radiation and Pregnancy
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Part VIII Radiation Protection
• Chapter 35 Health Physics
• Radiation and Health
• Cardinal Principles of Radiation Protection
• Effective Dose
• Radiologic Terrorism
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 36 Designing for Radiation Protection
• Radiographic Protection Features
• Fluoroscopic Protection Features
• Design of Protective Barriers
• Radiation Detection and Measurement
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 37 Radiography/Fluoroscopy Patient Radiation Dose
• Characteristics of Projection Imaging
• Patient Radiation Dose Descriptions
• Fluoroscopic Patient Radiation Dose
• Effective Dose
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 38 Computed Tomography Patient Radiation Dose
• Computed Tomography Dose Delivery
• Computed Tomography Dose Index
• Dose Length Product
• Size-Specific Dose Estimates
• Effective Dose
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 39 Patient Radiation Dose Management
• Patient Radiation Dose in Special Examinations
• Reduction of Unnecessary Patient Radiation Dose
• The Pregnant Patient
• Patient Radiation Dose Trends
• Appropriateness
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Chapter 40 Occupational Radiation Dose Management
• Occupational Radiation Exposure
• Radiation Dose Limits
• Reduction of Occupational Radiation Exposure
• Summary
• Challenge Questions
• Glossary
• Index
• Conversion Tables