From Signals to Image

Teaches the basic principles of medical imaging needed for understanding and conducting research and development in the field
Emphasizes practical calculations for the design and evaluation of medical imaging devices
Contains exemplary exercises, homework problems, and sample exam questions

Auteur
Haim Azhari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel.
John A. Kennedy is Chief Physicist in the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel and is Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
Lana Volokh is a medical imaging and image reconstruction professional, and an expert in nuclear medicine and hybrid imaging systems and image quality assessment.
Noam Weiss, PhD, is a medical physicist researcher and an expert in X-Ray CT technology and medical image processing. She is also an adjunct lecturer at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Contenu
Introduction.- Basic Principles of Image Reconstruction.- X-ray Imaging and Computed Tomography.- Nuclear Medicine: Planar and SPECT Imaging.- Positron Emission Tomography (PET).- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).- Ultrasound Imaging.- Hybrid and Novel Methods.- Appendix.- Exemplary Solved Problems and Exams.