Main description:

Build the foundation necessary for the practice of CT scanning with Computed Tomography: Physical Principles, Clinical Applications, and Quality Control, 5th Edition. Written to meet the varied requirements of radiography students and practitioners, this two-color text provides comprehensive coverage of the physical principles of CT and its clinical applications. The clear, straightforward approach is designed to improve your understanding of sectional anatomic images as they relate to CT and facilitate communication between CT technologists and other medical personnel.

Chapter outlines and chapter review questions help you focus your study time and master content.

NEW! Three additional chapters reflect the latest industry CT standards in imaging: Radiation Awareness and Safety Campaigns in Computed Tomography, Patient Care Considerations, and Artificial Intelligence: An Overview of Applications in Health and Medical Imaging.
UPDATED! More than 509 photos and line drawings visually clarify key concepts.
UPDATED! The latest information keeps you up to date on advances in volume CT scanning; CT fluoroscopy; and multislice applications like 3-D imaging, CT angiography, and virtual reality imaging (endoscopy).

Contents:

Chapter 1: CT-An Overview

Chapter 2: Digital Image Processing

Chapter 3: Physical Principles of CT

Chapter 4: Data Acquisition

Chapter 5: Image Reconstruction Overview

Chapter 6: Iterative Reconstruction Basics

Chapter 7: Basic Instrumentation

Chapter 8: Image Post Processing and Visualization tools

Chapter 9: Image Quality

Chapter 10: Radiation Dose in Computed tomography

NEW CHAPTER: Chapter 11: Radiation Awareness and Safety Campaigns in CT

Chapter 11: Multi Slice CT-Physical Principles and Instrumentation

Chapter 12-Other Technical Applications in CT-Basic Principles

Chapter 13: 3-Dimensional CT-Basic Concepts

Chapter 14: PET/CT and SPECT/CT

NEW CHAPTER 15: Patient Care Considerations

Chapter 16: CT of the Head, Cerebral Vessels, Neck and Spine

Chapter 17: CT of the

Chapter 18: Pediatric CT

NEW CHAPTER 19: Cardiac CT: Physical Principles and Clinical Applications

NEW CHAPTER 20: Artificial Intelligence-Applications in CT

Chapter 21: Quality Control in CT

Appendices

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