Wolbarst, Anthony B. creator Capasso, Patrizio. Wyant, Andrew R. text bibliography Electronic books. nju Hoboken, N.J Wiley-Blackwell 2013 First edition. monographic eng

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1 online resource (xxii, 411 pages) : illustrations 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. Anthony B. Wolbarst, Patrizio Capasso, Andrew R. Wyant. Edition statement from running title area. Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-402) and index. Diagnostic imaging Diagnostic Imaging methods Image Enhancement methods MEDICAL Diagnosis MEDICAL Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic imaging RC78.7.D53 W65 2013eb 616.07/54 WN 180 Wolbarst, Anthony B. Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2013 (DLC) 2012047813 (OCoLC)820450854 9781118480243 1118480244 9781118480267 1118480260 9781118480281 1118480287 2A87BEFF-4527-4776-8D7A-605664BCCE7B OverDrive, Inc. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118480267 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118480267 AZU 121130 20171107081906.0 ocn839778002 eng