RT X-Ray Physics Review

RT X-Ray Physics Review

Author:  Walter Huda and Kerry Greene-Donnelly, Authors
ISBN:  9781930524545
Published:  2011 | 460 pp  | Softcover


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Table of Contents

RT X-Ray Physics Review

PART I. BASIC PHYSICS
Chapter 1 MATTER AND RADIATION
1.1 ENERGY
1.2 MATTER
1.3 ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
1.4 IONIZING RADIATION
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Chapter 2 PHYSICS LAWS
2.1 BASICS
2.2 ELECTROSTATICS
2.3 ELECTRICITY
2.4 MAGNETISM
2.5 GENERATORS/TRANSFORMERS
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Chapter 3 X-RAY PRODUCTION
3.1 X-RAY GENERATORS
3.2 PHYSICS OF X-RAY PRODUCTION
3.3 X-RAY QUANTITY
3.4 TUBE HEATING
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Chapter 4 X-RAY INTERACTIONS
4.1 X-RAY INTERACTIONS
4.2 SCATTER
4.3 GRIDS
4.4 BEAMATTENUATION
4.5 X-RAY BEAM QUALITY
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Chapter 5 X-RAY TUBES
5.1 CATHODE/ANODE
5.2 HOUSING/MOUNTINGS
5.3 COLLIMATION/FILTRATION
5.4 PERFORMANCE
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PART II. IMAGINGWITH X-RAYS
Chapter 6 DETECTING X-RAYS
6.1 FILM
6.2 FILM PROCESSING
6.3 SCREENS/CASSETTES
6.4 DIGITAL DETECTORS
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Chapter 7 ANALOG AND DIGITAL IMAGES
7.1 ANALOG IMAGES
7.2 COMPUTERS
7.3 DIGITAL IMAGES
7.4 IMAGE DISPLAY
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Chapter 8 PROJECTION RADIOGRAPHY
8.1 RADIOGRAPHICTECHNIQUES
8.2 RADIOGRAPHY
8.3 MAMMOGRAPHY
8.4 SPOT IMAGING/DA/DSA
8.5 SPECIALIZED RADIOGRAPHY
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Chapter 9 FLUOROSCOPY
9.1 IMAGE INTENSIFIERS
9.2 TELEVISION
9.3 IMAGING
9.4 MISCELLANEOUS
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Chapter 10 COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
10.1 CT BASICS
10.2 CT IMAGES
10.3 IMAGING CHAIN
10.4 TECHNOLOGY
10.5 CLINICAL ASPECTS
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PART III. DOSE, QUALITY, AND SAFETY
Chapter 11 RADIATION DOSIMETRY
11.1 RADIATION UNITS
11.2 INCIDENT RADIATION
11.3 ABSORBED DOSES
11.4 CT DOSIMETRY
11.5 EFFECTIVE DOSES
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Chapter 12 IMAGE QUALITY
12.1 RESOLUTION (THEORY)
12.2 RESOLUTION (PRACTICE)
12.3 CONTRAST
12.4 NOISE
12.5 RADIOGRAPHIC ARTIFACTS
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Chapter 13 QUALITY CONTROL
13.1 OVERVIEW
13.2 IMAGE RECEPTORS
13.3 X-RAY SYSTEMS
13.4 COMPUTEDTOMOGRAPHY (CT)
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Chapter 14 RADIATION BIOLOGY
14.1 CELL BIOLOGY
14.2 RADIATION AND CELLS
14.3 HIGH-DOSE EFFECTS
14.4 STOCHASTIC EFFECTS
14.5 PREGNANCY AND RADIATION
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Chapter 15 RADIATION PROTECTION
15.1 RADIATION MEASUREMENT
15.2 PROTECTION DEVICES
15.3 PROTECTING PATIENTS
15.4 WORKERS AND PUBLIC
15.5 POPULATION EXPOSURES
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TEST A
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TEST B
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APPENDIX A – Summary of Prefix Names and Magnitudes
APPENDIX B – Radiologic Quantities and Units
APPENDIX C – SI and Non-SI Units for Quantities Used in Radiological Physics
APPENDIX D – Units for Photometric Quantities
APPENDIX E – Selected Radiological PhysicsWeb Sites

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