Radiation Exposure and Image Quality in X-Ray Diagnostic Radiology Physical Principles and Clinical Applications
Diagnostic X-rays are the largest contributor to radiation exposure to the general population, and protecting the patient from radiation damage is a major aim of modern health policy. Once the decision has been taken to use ionising radiation for imaging in a particular patient, it is necessary to o...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
| Colección: | Springer eBooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32890497*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Physical principles: Production and measurement of X-rays
- Interaction of photons with matter
- Radiation field and dosimetric quantities
- Penetration of X-rays
- Scattered radiation
- Image receptors
- Image quality and dose
- Clinical Applications: Evaluation of dose to the patient
- Scattered radiation
- Optimisation of image quality and dose
- Supplement: X-ray spectra
- Interaction coefficients
- Characteristics of the primary radiation beam
- Characteristics of the imaging radiation field
- Miscellaneous
- Patient-dose-estimation.
