Since the publication of the best-selling, highly acclaimed first edition, the technology and clinical applications of medical imaging have changed significantly. Gathering these developments into one volume, Webb’s Physics of Medical Imaging, Second Edition presents a thorough update of the basic physics, modern technology and many examples of clinical application across all the modalities of medical imaging.

New to the Second Edition

• Extensive updates to all original chapters
• Coverage of state-of-the-art detector technology and computer processing used in medical imaging
• ۱۱ new contributors in addition to the original team of authors
• Two new chapters on medical image processing and multimodality imaging
• More than 50 percent new examples and over 80 percent new figures
• Glossary of abbreviations, color insert and contents lists at the beginning of each chapter

Keeping the material accessible to graduate students, this well-illustrated book reviews the basic physics underpinning imaging in medicine. It covers the major techniques of x-radiology, computerised tomography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, in addition to infrared, electrical impedance and optical imaging. The text also describes the mathematics of medical imaging, image processing, image perception, computational requirements and multimodality imaging.

Features

• Presents the essential physics of medical imaging
• Covers each imaging modality in detail, eliminating the need to consult specialised texts
• Provides many examples of clinical applications of medical imaging
• Includes contributions from leading researchers and clinical scientists
• Contains more than 400 high-quality figures, with some in colour

Reviews

“For those who have the first edition and found it useful, this edition would be very worthwhile to purchase. Based on my (albeit limited) review, the editor and contributors have done a good job making extensive updates. …the advantage is that each chapter is written by one or more specialists. This would make an excellent reference for medical physicists and should be an excellent textbook for a second course in medical imaging…”
—Steven T. Ratliff, PhD, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, USA

Contents

Chapter 1 In the Beginning: the Origins of Medical Imaging
Chapter 2 Diagnostic Radiology with X-Rays
Chapter 3 X-Ray Transmission Computed Tomography
Chapter 4 Clinical Applications of X-Ray Computed Tomography in Radiotherapy Planning
Chapter 5 Radioisotope Imaging
Chapter 6 Diagnostic Ultrasound
Chapter 7 Spatially Localised Magnetic Resonance
Chapter 8 Physical Aspects of Infrared Imaging
Chapter 9 Imaging of Tissue Electrical Impedance
Chapter 10 Optical Imaging
Chapter 11 Mathematics of Image Formation and Image Processing
Chapter 12 Medical Image Processing
Chapter 13 Perception and Interpretation of Images
Chapter 14 Computer Requirements of Imaging Systems
Chapter 15 Multimodality Imaging
Chapter 16 Epilogue