Product Description

Comprehensive guide to the essential understanding of the physics of radiology students will need to successfully employ diagnostic radiography.

Contents

Radiography and mathematics

• Principles of radiography
• Geometric radiography
• The inverse square law
• The exponential law

General physics

• Laws of physics (classical)
• Units of measurement
• Experimental error and statistics
• Heat
• Electrostatics
• Electricity (DC)
• Magnetism
• Electromagnetism
• Electromagnetic induction
• Alternating current flow
• The motor principle
• Capacitors
• The AC transformer
• Semiconductor materials
• Rectification
• Exposure and timing circuits

Construction and operation of x-ray tubes

• Diagnostic x-ray tubes
• Monitoring and protection of X-ray tubes
• Orthovoltage generators and linear accelerators

Atomic physics

• Laws of modern physics
• Electromagnetic radiation
• Elementary structure of the atom
• Radioactivity

X-rays and matter

• The production of x-rays
• Factors affecting x-ray beam quality and quantity
• Interaction of x-rays with matter
• Luminescence and photostimulation
• The radiographic image

Dosimetry and radiation protection

• Radiation dosimetry
• Radiation protection

Appendices, tables and answers to self-tests

• Mathematics for radiography
• Scintillation counters
• CT scanning
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Digital imaging
• Ultrasound imaging
• Positron emission tomography (PET)
• Modulation transfer function (MTF)
• SI base units