04086cam a2200709Ma 4500 ocn839778002 OCoLC 20171107081906.0 m o d cr |n||||||||| 121130s2013 njua ob 001 0 eng d 9781118480243 (electronic bk.) 1118480244 (electronic bk.) 9781118480267 (electronic bk.) 1118480260 (electronic bk.) 9781118480281 (electronic bk.) 1118480287 (electronic bk.) 9780470505700 0470505702 9781118480274 1118480279 9781299448810 129944881X AU@ 000051629268 DEBBG BV041907436 DEBBG BV042794057 NLGGC 397791178 NZ1 15341586 (OCoLC)839778002 (OCoLC)957521426 2A87BEFF-4527-4776-8D7A-605664BCCE7B OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com AZU eng pn AZU OCLCO DG1 IDEBK N$T COO CUS YDXCP OCLCF TEFOD NLGGC TEFOD OCLCQ DEBBG TEFOD YDX OCLCQ DG1 MAIN RC78.7.D53 W65 2013eb WN 180 MED 018000 bisacsh MED 019000 bisacsh 616.07/54 23 Wolbarst, Anthony B. Medical imaging : essentials for physicians / Anthony B. Wolbarst, Patrizio Capasso, Andrew R. Wyant. [electronic resource] First edition. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. 1 online resource (xxii, 411 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Edition statement from running title area. Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-402) and index. Sketches of the standard imaging modalities: different ways of creating visible contrast among tissues -- Image quality and dose: what constitutes a "good" medical image? -- Creating subject contrast in the primary X-ray image: projection maps of the body from differential attenuation of X-rays by tissues -- Twentieth-century (analog) radiography and fluoroscopy: capturing the X-ray shadow with a film cassette or an image intensifier tube plus electronic optical camera combination -- Radiation dose and radiogenic risk: ionization-induced damage to DNA can cause stochastic, deterministic, and teratogenic health effects--and how to protect against them -- Twenty-first century (digital) imaging: computer-based representation, acquisition, processing, storage, transmission, and analysis of images -- Digital planar imaging: replacing film and image intensifiers with solid state, electronic image receptors -- Computed tomography: superior sontrast in three-dimensional X-ray attenuation maps -- Nuclear medicine: contrast from differential uptake of a radiopharmaceutical by tissues -- Diagnostic ultrasound: contrast from differences in tissue elasticity or density across boundaries -- MRI in one dimension and with no relaxation: a gentle introduction to a challenging subject -- Mapping T1 and T2 relaxation in three dimensions -- Evolving and experimental modalities -- Suggested further reading -- Index. Print version record. Diagnostic imaging. Diagnostic Imaging methods. Image Enhancement methods. MEDICAL Diagnosis. bisacsh MEDICAL Diagnostic Imaging. bisacsh Diagnostic imaging. fast (OCoLC)fst00892354 Electronic books. Capasso, Patrizio. Wyant, Andrew R. Print version: Wolbarst, Anthony B. Medical imaging. Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2013 9780470505700 (DLC) 2012047813 (OCoLC)820450854 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118480267 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 206642 206642