Nuclear Imaging—The Gamma Camera
Nuclear Imaging—The Gamma Camera 18.0 INTRODUCTION The focus of this chapter is the underlying principles and components of the gamma camera and its use in planar single photon nuclear imaging….
Radioactivity and Nuclear Transformation
Radioactivity and Nuclear Transformation 15.0 INTRODUCTION The nuclei of unstable atoms undergo a transformation during which ionizing radiation (which can be in the form of particles or waves or both)…
X-Ray Production, Tubes, and Generators
X-Ray Production, Tubes, and Generators 6.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter describes the x-ray production process, characteristics of the x-ray beam, x-ray tube design x-ray generator components, and factors that affect exposure…
Radiography
Radiography 7.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter explains how the technology described in Chapter 6 is used to project the shadows of a threedimensional object onto a two-dimensional detector to produce a…
Interaction of Radiation with Matter
Interaction of Radiation with Matter 3.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter introduces the concepts and principles that govern x- and γ-ray photon interactions with matter and the energetic electrons those interactions set…
Fluoroscopy
Fluoroscopy 9.0 INTRODUCTION Fluoroscopy is a procedure that provides real-time transient x-ray imaging with permanent recording of appropriate images. Fluoroscopy is not generally intended to generally replace conventional projection radiography….
Radiation Protection
Radiation Protection 21.0 INTRODUCTION It is incumbent upon all individuals who use radiation in medicine to strive for an optimal compromise between its clinical utility and the radiation doses to…
Medical Imaging Informatics
Medical Imaging Informatics 5.0 INTRODUCTION Medical informatics represents the process of collecting, analyzing, storing, and communicating information that is crucial to the provision and delivery of patient care. Medical imaging…
Radiation and the Atom
Radiation and the Atom 2.0 INTRODUCTION Radiation refers to energy that propagates through space or matter. Two important categories of radiation in medical imaging are electromagnetic radiation (EMR) and subatomic…
Introduction to the Study Guide
Introduction to the Study Guide 1.0 INTRODUCTION As Dr. Mettler mentioned in the Foreword to the fourth edition of the textbook The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging (EPMI), the textbook’s…
