Professional Issues
Professional Issues OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, the student will be able to: 1. List the criteria of a profession and explain how the profession of imaging technology has evolved…
GENERAL RADIOLOGY
Introduction to Radiography, Safety, and Student Success
Introduction to Radiography, Safety, and Student Success OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, the student will be able to: 1. State who discovered x-rays in addition to when and how they…
Radiographic Anatomy of the Orbit and Visual Pathways
Chapter contents I. COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANS 50 A. Computed tomography: axial cranial bone anatomy 50 B. Computed tomography: coronal cranial bone anatomy 56 C. Computed tomography: sagittal cranial bone anatomy…
Anatomy of the Intracranial Visual Pathways
Intracranial anatomy is highly complex and well beyond the scope of this book. However, a number of structures are closely related to visual function and form the neural pathways for…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetism is a property of matter. It results from electrons orbiting around atoms, and these spinning electrons cause the atom to have a magnetic moment. The magnetic field strength is…
Anatomy of the Orbit
The skull is composed of two segments, the cranium and the face. The cranium is the major portion and it consists of three unpaired bones, the sphenoid, occipital, and ethmoid…
Computed Tomography
In 1895 the German physicist Wilhem Konrad Röntgen discovered X-rays. He was awarded the first Nobel Prize in physics in 1901 for this discovery. Medical imaging based on this technology…
Measurements: Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness
4 Measurements: Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness Alexandra M. Easson, George Tomlinson, and Andrea S. Doria Learning Objectives • To explain the importance of measurement properties to health outcomes research. •…
Diagnostic Tests
3 Diagnostic Tests George Tomlinson, Gerald Lebovic, Connie Marras, and Andrea S. Doria Learning Objectives • To apply methods for estimation and hypothesis testing for proportions to the binary diagnostic…
Statistical Inference: Point Estimation, Confidence Intervals, and Hypothesis Testing
13 Statistical Inference: Point Estimation, Confidence Intervals, and Hypothesis Testing Christopher Meaney, Rahim Moineddin, and George Tomlinson Learning Objectives • To explain point estimation. • To describe interval estimation and…
