02755nam a2200361 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020001800151020002700169040002100196035002100217050002700238082001800265100002500283245013100308260006200439300002500501504005100526505137400577533015201951650002402103650003302127655002902160700002302189700002102212710001702233856012602250999001702376ebr10682378CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||121130s2013    enka    sb    001 0 eng d  z  2012047813  z9780470505700 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9781118531921  z9781118552216 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)84116954714aRC78.7.D53bW65 2013eb04a616.07/542231 aWolbarst, Anthony B.10aMedical imagingh[electronic resource] :bessentials for physicians /cAnthony B. Wolbarst, Andrew R. Wyant, Patrizio Capasso.  aChichester, West Sussex [U.K.] :bWiley/Blackwell,c2013.  axxii, 411 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aSketches of the standard imaging modalities : different ways of creating visible contrast among tissues -- Image quality and dose : what constitutes a "good" medical image? -- The creation of two-dimensional x-ray projection maps (shadowgrams) of the body : differential attenuation of x-rays by tissues -- 20th century (analog) radiography and fluoroscopy : capturing the x-ray shadow with a film cassette or with 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 prevent them -- 21st 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 contrast in three-dimensional x-ray attenuation maps -- Nuclear medicine : contrast from differential uptake of a radiopharmaceutical by tissues -- Diagnostic ultrasound : contrast from differences in elasticity or density across tissue interfaces -- MRI in one dimension and without relaxation : a gentle approach to a challenging subject -- MRI with T1 and T2 relaxation and in three dimensions -- Evolving and experimental modalities.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aDiagnostic imaging. 0aImaging systems in medicine. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aCapasso, Patrizio.1 aWyant, Andrew R.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10682378zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c13791d13791