Radiology Review Radiologic Physics (Book+CD ROM)

Description
Prepare for success on the boards with this state-of-the-art review
of radiologic physics! Each chapter offers a concise outline of the
information you need to know today. Original diagrams make complex
concepts easy to understand and more than 550 multiple-choice
questions, with answers and explanations, allow you to test your
understanding of the full range of topics. Plus, a bonus CD-ROM bound
in the back of every book contains over 1,800 slides of supplementary
review material.




Key Features

*Examines the complete range of topics readers need to understand
today, based on a careful review of Radiology Board recalls from the
past ten years.

*Features multiple-choice review questions in every chapter, with
answers and explanations -- more than 550 questions in all.

*Illustrated with more than 100 diagrams and illustrations.




-Table of Contents-


1. Properties of X-rays
2. The X-ray Tube
3. X-ray Tube Heat Loading Characteristics
4. X-ray Production
5. X-ray Equipment Electronics
6. X-ray Interactions with Matter
7. X-ray Filters
8. Collimators & Grids
9. Intensifying Screens
10. Film Characteristics, Film Processing & Film Quality Control
11. Computers in Radiology
12. CR, DR and PACS
13. Image Quality
14. Radiation Doses & Safety
15. Radiation Biology Summary
16. Fluoroscopy Systems
17. Mammography
18. CT Scanners
19. Ultrasound
20. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
21. Nuclear Medicine Physics



Author Information

Edward L. Nickoloff, DSc, Professor of Clinical Radiology and Chief
Hospital Physicist, Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons