Medical Physics: Physical Aspects of Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Description

The updated edition of the second of three volumes on Medical Physics presents modern physical methods for medical diagnostics. It provides a solid background on imaging techniques that use non-ionizing probes (ultrasound, endoscopy including CLE and OCT, MRI) and imaging techniques that use ionizing radiation (X-ray radiography, CT, SPECT, PET). Radiation sources, interactions of radiation with matter and radiation protection for x-rays, -rays, protons and neutrons are presented. Some of these topics are also relevant to the therapeutic applications presented in Volume 3. NEW: highlighted boxes emphasize specifi c topics; math boxes explain more advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes with a summary of the key concepts, questions, a self-assessment of the acquired competence and exercises. The appendix provides answers to questions and solutions to exercises. Preface Acknowledgements Contents Part A: Diagnostics without ionizing radiation 1 Sonography 2 Endoscopy 3 Magnetic resonance imaging Part B: X-ray and nuclear methods 4 X-ray sources and generators 5 Nuclei and isotopes 6 Interaction of radiation with matter 7 Dosimetry Part C: Radiography 8 X-ray radiography 9 Scintigraphy (SPE and SPECT) 10 Positron emission tomography Appendix 11 Answers to questions 12 Solutions to exercises 13 List of acronyms (used in all three volumes) 14 Selection of fundamental physical constants, conversions, and relationships 15 List of scientists named in this volume 16 Glossary 17 Index of terms