Smith, Nadine, 1962-2010

Introduction to medical imaging : physics, engineering and clinical applications / Nadine Barrie Smith, Andrew Webb. - xii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Cambridge texts in biomedical engineering . - Cambridge texts in biomedical engineering. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

General image characteristics, data acquisition and image reconstruction -- X-ray planar radiology and computed tomography -- Nuclear medicine: planar scintigraphy, SPECT and PET/CT -- Ultrasound imaging -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

"Covering the basics of X-rays, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and MRI, this textbook provides senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students with a broad introduction to medical imaging. Over 130 end-of-chapter exercises are included, in addition to solved example problems, which enable students to master the theory as well as providing them with the tools needed to solve more difficult problems. The basic theory, instrumentation and state-of-the-art techniques and applications are covered, bringing students immediately up to date with recent developments, such as combined computed tomography/positron emission tomography, multi-slice CT, four-dimensional ultrasound and parallel imaging MR technology. Clinical examples provide practical applications of physics and engineering knowledge to medicine. Finally, helpful references to specialized texts, recent review articles and relevant scientific journals are provided at the end of each chapter, making this an ideal textbook for a one-semester course in medical imaging"--Provided by publisher.

0521190657 9780521190657

2010033027


Diagnostic imaging.
Medical physics.

RC78.7.D53 / B37 2011

616.0754