Medical imaging physics

William Richard Hendee was born in Owosso, Mich. on January 1, 1938. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree at Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., Hendee enrolled at the University of Texas and earned his Ph.D. in 1962.

Along with a successful career as a medical physics educator and university official, Hendee has written and edited a number of books, drawing on his extensive background in the medical field. Some of the books Hendee has contributed to include Health Effects of Exposure to Low-Level Ionizing Radiation, The Health of Adolescents, Radiation Therapy Physics, and Electronic Imaging in Medicine.

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Preface	p. xv
Preface to the First Edition	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
1 Imaging in Medicine	p. 1
2 Structure of Matter	p. 11
3 Radioactive Decay	p. 27
4 Interactions of Radiation	p. 45
5 Production of X Rays	p. 69
6 Radiation Quantity and Quality	p. 91
7 Interaction of X and [gamma] Rays in the Body	p. 117
8 Radiation Detectors for Quantitative Measurement	p. 127
9 Accumulation and Analysis of Nuclear Data	p. 143
10 Computers and Image Networking	p. 161
11 Probability and Statistics	p. 179
12 Instrumentation for Nuclear Imaging	p. 197
13 Radiography	p. 217
14 Fluoroscopy	p. 235
15 Computed Tomography	p. 251
16 Influences on Image Quality	p. 265
17 Analytic Description of Image Quality	p. 281
18 Visual Perception	p. 289
19 Ultrasound Waves	p. 303
20 Ultrasound Transducers	p. 317
21 Ultrasound Instrumentation	p. 331
22 Doppler Effect	p. 343
23 Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance	p. 355
24 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy	p. 367
25 Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Instrumentation, Bioeffects, and Site Planning	p. 389
26 Experimental Radiobiology	p. 403
27 Human Radiobiology	p. 413
28 Protection from External Sources of Radiation	p. 435
29 Protection from Internal Sources of Radiation	p. 455
30 Future Developments in Medical Imaging	p. 467
Appendix I Review of Mathematics	p. 477
Appendix II Fourier Transform	p. 483
Appendix III Multiples and Prefixes	p. 485
Appendix IV Masses in Atomic Mass Units for Neutral Atoms of Stable Nuclides and a Few Unstable Nuclides	p. 487
Answers to Selected Problems	p. 491
Index	p. 495

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