Introduction to Medical Imaging: Physics, Engineering and Clinical Applications

Nadine Barrie Smith

ISBN 10: 0521190657 / ISBN 13: 9780521190657

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2010

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2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Covers the basics of medical imaging together with state-of-the-art concepts and theory, relevant clinical applications, and future prospects. Series: Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering. Num Pages: 297 pages, 217 b/w illus. 10 tables 137 exercises. BIC Classification: MMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 248 x 20. Weight in Grams: 798. Physics, Engineering and Clinical Applications. Series: Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering. 296 pages, 217 b/w illus. 10 tables 137 exercises. Covers the basics of medical imaging together with state-of-the-art concepts and theory, relevant clinical applications, and future prospects. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: MMP. Dimension: 195 x 248 x 20. Weight: 806. . . . . .

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Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Introduction to Medical Imaging: Physics, Engineering and Clinical Applications
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521190657
• ISBN 13: 9780521190657
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Edizione: prima edizione
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Covering the basics of X-rays, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and MRI, this textbook is for a one-semester senior undergraduate/graduate course in medical imaging. Together with the state-of-the-art concepts and theory, it also provides relevant clinical applications, solved and open-ended example problems, and future prospects for the field.

Informazioni sugli autori

Andrew Webb is Professor of Radiology at the Leiden University Medical Center, and Director of the C. J. Gorter High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. His research involves many areas of high field magnetic resonance imaging and has resulted in more than 160 journal articles and five patents. He has taught medical imaging classes for both graduates and undergraduates both nationally and internationally for the past fifteen years.

Nadine Smith is a faculty member in the Bioengineering Department and the Graduate Program in Acoustics at Pennsylvania State University. She also holds a visiting faculty position at the Leiden University Medical Center. She is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine where she is on both the Bioeffects and Technical Standards Committees. Her current research involves ultrasound transducer design, ultrasound imaging and therapeutic applications of ultrasound.