Advances in medical imaging and related dosimetry

Book · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6409948

Brill, A; Del Guerra, A; Mendez, V; Rindi, A

This volume presents a treatise on the physics of the new imaging apparatus used in medicine, namely the x-ray computerized tomography, radio-isotope emission (single photon and positron emission) tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance analysis and imaging, and ultrasound imaging. A chapter is devoted to the radiation problems and health hazards associated with these diagnostic methods. Contents: Radiological Anatomy; Histology and Pathology; Algorithms for Image Reconstruction; Systems and Architectures; Software for Image Enhancement; Hardware for 2D and 3D Imaging; Types of Machines and Associated Radiation Dosimetry; Basic Physics of US, Including Dosimetry; Doppler Diagnostic Methods; Developments, Limitations and Clinical Results; Compton Tomography and Proton Radiography; Clinical Application and Associated Radiation Dosimetry; Advances in MWPC Cameras; NMR Imaging: General Principles and Different Techniques; Tissue Characterization and Tumor Detection; NMR Imaging for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning; Hazard to the Patient from Different Diagnostic Techniques.

• OSTI ID: 6409948
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ALGORITHMS
BODY
CAMERAS
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
COMPUTERS
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DOPPLER EFFECT
DOSIMETRY
EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HISTOLOGY
IMAGE PROCESSING
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MEDICINE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANS
PATHOLOGY
PROCESSING
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
RESONANCE
SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
SKELETON
THERAPEUTIC USES
THERAPY
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
TOMOGRAPHY
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
ULTRASONOGRAPHY
USES