Radiation Exposure and Image Quality in X-Ray Diagnostic Radiology: Physical Principles and Clinical ApplicationsThis completely updated second edition of Radiation Exposure and Image Quality in X-ray Diagnostic Radiology provides the reader with detailed guidance on the optimization of radiological imaging. The basic physical principles of diagnostic radiology are first presented in detail, and their application to clinical problems is then carefully explored. The final section is a supplement containing tables of data and graphical depictions of X-ray spectra, interaction coefficients, characteristics of X-ray beams, and other aspects relevant to patient dose calculations. In addition, a complementary CD-ROM contains a user-friendly Excel file database covering these aspects that can be used in the reader’s own programs. This book will be an invaluable aid to medical physicists when performing calculations relating to patient dose and image quality, and will also prove useful for diagnostic radiologists and engineers. |
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Added filter additional filtration Aichinger anode anti-scatter grid attenuation coefficient BaFBrI breast Bucky factor calculated characteristics cm X-ray tube computed tomography contrast density detector Absorber material detector coverage mg/cm diagnostic X-ray digital imaging dose rate dosimetric quantities electron energy absorption coefficient energy in keV entrance surface air film-screen systems fluoroscopy focal spot ICRU image detector Absorber image intensifier image quality image receptor imaging system International Electrotechnical Commission ionisation chamber J/AS/cm keV Fig layer mammography Mass attenuation measured noise Phantom thickness photoelectric effect Photon energy pl/p plen/p PMMA radiation exposure radiographic Reference focal distance Relative energy absorption Scatter fraction scattered radiation Sect signal-to-noise ratio spectra surface air kerma system dose Table target angle technique Thickness HVL tissue Total filtration voltage in kV X-ray beam X-Ray Diagnostic Radiology X-ray imaging X-ray spectrum X-ray tube assemblies X-ray tube voltage