Principles and Applications of Radiological Physics

Part 1 Principles Section 1 Introduction to Radiography 1. Principles of radiography 2. The inverse square law 3. The exponential law Section 2 Basic physics 4. Laws of classical physics 5. Units of measurement 6. Experimental error and statistics 7 Heat 8 Electrostatics 9 Electricity 10 Magnetism 11 Electromagnetism 12 Electromagnetic induction 13 Alternating current flow 14 The motor principle 15 Capacitators 16 The AC transformer 17 Semiconductor materials Section 3 Atomic physics 18 Laws of modern physics 19 Electromagnetic radiation 20 Elementary structure of the atom 21 Radioactivity Section 4 X-rays and matter 22 The production of X-rays 23 Factors affecting beam quality and quantity 24 Interactions of X-rays with matter 25 Luminescence and photostimulation 26 The radiographic image Section 5 Dosimetry 27 Principles of radiation dosimetry Part 2 Application Section 6 Equipment for X-ray production 28 Requirements for X-ray production 29 Rectification 30 Exposure and timing circuits 31 The diagnostic X-ray tube 32 Monitoring and protection of X-ray tubes 33 Orthovoltage generators and Linear Accelerators 34 Radiotherapy simulators Section 7 The radiographic image 35 Production of the digital radiographic image 36 The fluoroscopic image 37 Consequences of digital image technology Section 8 Diagnostic imaging technologies 38. Scintillation counters 39. Radionucleotide imaging 40 CT scanning 41 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 42 PET & SPET 43 Hybrid scanners 44 Ultrasound imaging 45 Mammography Section 9 Radiation Protection 46 Practical radiation protection Appendices and Tables Appendix A Mathematics for radiography Appendix B Modulation transfer function Appendix C SI base units Table A Powers of 10 Table B Physical Constants Table C Important Conversion Factors Table D Greek Symbols and their common usage Table E Periodic Table of Elements Table F Electron Configuration of Elements