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Radiology review : radiologic physics
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Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier Saunders, 2005
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1v + 1 CD-ROM
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9781416022602
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Accompanied by compact disc : CP 8904
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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. 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. With 21 contributing experts.


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