Introduction to Medical Imaging

Zusammenfassung Covering the basics of X-rays! CT! PET! nuclear medicine! ultrasound! and MRI! this textbook is for a one-semester senior undergraduate/graduate course in medical imaging. Together with the state-of-the-art concepts and theory! it also provides relevant clinical applications! solved and open-ended example problems! and future prospects for the field. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Webb is Professor of Radiology at the Leiden University Medical Center! and Director of the C. J. Gorter High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE! and a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. His research involves many areas of high field magnetic resonance imaging and has resulted in more than 160 journal articles and five patents. He has taught medical imaging classes for both graduates and undergraduates both nationally and internationally for the past fifteen years. Nadine Smith is a faculty member in the Bioengineering Department and the Graduate Program in Acoustics at Pennsylvania State University. She also holds a visiting faculty position at the Leiden University Medical Center. She is a Senior Member of the IEEE! and of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine where she is on both the Bioeffects and Technical Standards Committees. Her current research involves ultrasound transducer design! ultrasound imaging and therapeutic applications of ultrasound. Klappentext Covers the basics of medical imaging together with state-of-the-art concepts and theory! relevant clinical applications! and future prospects. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. General image characteristics! data acquisition and image reconstruction; 2. X-ray planar radiology and computed tomography; 3. Nuclear medicine: planar scintigraphy! SPECT and PET/CT; 4. Ultrasound imaging; 5. Magnetic resonance imaging.

Auteur

Andrew Webb is Professor of Radiology at the Leiden University Medical Center, and Director of the C. J. Gorter High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. His research involves many areas of high field magnetic resonance imaging and has resulted in more than 160 journal articles and five patents. He has taught medical imaging classes for both graduates and undergraduates both nationally and internationally for the past fifteen years.

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Covers the basics of medical imaging together with state-of-the-art concepts and theory, relevant clinical applications, and future prospects.

Résumé
Covering the basics of X-rays, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and MRI, this textbook is for a one-semester senior undergraduate/graduate course in medical imaging. Together with the state-of-the-art concepts and theory, it also provides relevant clinical applications, solved and open-ended example problems, and future prospects for the field.

Contenu

1. General image characteristics, data acquisition and image reconstruction; 2. X-ray planar radiology and computed tomography; 3. Nuclear medicine: planar scintigraphy, SPECT and PET/CT; 4. Ultrasound imaging; 5. Magnetic resonance imaging.