RT X-Ray Physics Review - Walter Huda, Kerry Greene-Donnelly

RT X-Ray Physics Review

Buch | Softcover
460 Seiten
2011
Medical Physics Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
978-1-930524-54-5 (ISBN)
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Designed to help the Radiologic Technologist prepare for the Physics component of the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) examination, this book addresses the 60% of the AART examination that is directly related to physics - the material that gives most students the greatest difficulty. Key aspects of RT X-Ray Physics Review are: - Comprehensive Content: Identifies the important Physics facts that all students need to know to pass the Radiation Protection, Equipment Operation & Quality Control, Image Production & Evaluation sections' component of the AART examination. - Organization: Presents the material in 15 chapters subdivided into four or five major topics to facilitate reading and understanding, with explanatory tables and figures in each topic. - Questions: Includes 450 questions, 30 pertaining to each of 15 chapters, and two comprehensive tests of 100 questions each at the end of the book. Answers provided. - Appendixes: Useful tables of radiologic quantities and units. Comprehensive Radiological Physics bibliography.

RT X-Ray Physics Review
Part I. Basic Physics
Chapter 1 Matter And Radiation
1.1 Energy
1.2 Matter
1.3 Electromagnetic Radiation
1.4 Ionizing Radiation
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Chapter 2 Physics Laws
2.1 Basics
2.2 Electrostatics
2.3 Electricity
2.4 Magnetism
2.5 Generators/Transformers
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Chapter 3 X-Ray Production
3.1 X-Ray Generators
3.2 Physics Of X-Ray Production
3.3 X-Ray Quantity
3.4 Tube Heating
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Chapter 4 X-Ray Interactions
4.1 X-Ray Interactions
4.2 Scatter
4.3 Grids
4.4 Beamattenuation
4.5 X-Ray Beam Quality
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Chapter 5 X-Ray Tubes
5.1 Cathode/Anode
5.2 Housing/Mountings
5.3 Collimation/Filtration
5.4 Performance
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Part II. Imaging With X-Rays
Chapter 6 Detecting X-Rays
6.1 Film
6.2 Film Processing
6.3 Screens/Cassettes
6.4 Digital Detectors
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Chapter 7 Analog And Digital Images
7.1 Analog Images
7.2 Computers
7.3 Digital Images
7.4 Image Display
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Chapter 8 Projection Radiography
8.1 Radiographic Techniques
8.2 Radiography
8.3 Mammography
8.4 Spot Imaging/DA/DSA
8.5 Specialized Radiography
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Chapter 9 Fluoroscopy
9.1 Image Intensifiers
9.2 Television
9.3 Imaging
9.4 Miscellaneous
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Chapter 10 Computed Tomography
10.1 CT Basics
10.2 CT Images
10.3 Imaging Chain
10.4 Technology
10.5 Clinical Aspects
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Part III. Dose, Quality, And Safety
Chapter 11 Radiation Dosimetry
11.1 Radiation Units
11.2 Incident Radiation
11.3 Absorbed Doses
11.4 CT Dosimetry
11.5 Effective Doses
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Chapter 12 Image Quality
12.1 Resolution (Theory)
12.2 Resolution (Practice)
12.3 Contrast
12.4 Noise
12.5 Radiographic Artifacts
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Chapter 13 Quality Control
13.1 Overview
13.2 Image Receptors
13.3 X-Ray Systems
13.4 Computed Tomography (CT)
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Chapter 14 Radiation Biology
14.1 Cell Biology
14.2 Radiation And Cells
14.3 High-Dose Effects
14.4 Stochastic Effects
14.5 Pregnancy And Radiation
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Chapter 15 Radiation Protection
15.1 Radiation Measurement
15.2 Protection Devices
15.3 Protecting Patients
15.4 Workers And Public
15.5 Population Exposures
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Test A
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Test B
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Appendix A - Summary of Prefix Names and Magnitudes
Appendix B - Radiologic Quantities and Units
Appendix C - SI and Non-SI Units for Quantities Used in Radiological Physics
Appendix D - Units for Photometric Quantities
Appendix E - Selected Radiological PhysicsWeb Sites
Bibliography
About The Authors

Verlagsort Madison, WI
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 279 mm
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Onkologie
Medizinische Fachgebiete Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren Nuklearmedizin
Medizinische Fachgebiete Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren Radiologie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Angewandte Physik
ISBN-10 1-930524-54-4 / 1930524544
ISBN-13 978-1-930524-54-5 / 9781930524545
Zustand Neuware
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