Preface to the Third Edition -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- SECTION Basic Concepts -- Introduction to Medical Imaging -- The Modalities -- Image Properties -- Radiation and the Atom -- Radiation -- Structure of the Atom -- Interaction of Radiation with Matter -- Particle Interactions -- X-ray and Gamma-Ray Interactions -- Attenuation of x-rays and Gamma Rays -- Absorption of Energy from X-rays and Gamma Rays -- Imparted Energy, Equivalent Dose, and Effective Dose -- Image Quality -- Spatial Resolution -- Convolution -- Physical Mechanisms of Blurring -- The Frequency Domain -- Contrast Resolution -- Noise Texture: The Noise Power Spectrum -- Contrast -- Contrast-to-Noise Ratio -- Signal-to-Noise Ratio -- Contrast-Detail Diagrams -- Detective Quantum Efficiency -- Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves -- Medical Imaging Informatics -- Analog and Digital Representation of Data -- Digital Radiological Images -- Digital Computers -- Information Storage Devices -- Display of Digital Images -- Computer Networks -- PACS and Teleradiology -- Image Processing -- Security, Including Availablility -- SECTION Diagnostic Radiology -- x-ray Production, X-ray Tubes, and x-ray Generators -- Production of x-rays -- x-ray Tubes -- x-ray Generators -- Power Ratings and Heat Loading and Cooling -- Factors Affecting x-ray Emission -- Radiography -- Geometry of Projection Radiography -- Screen-Film Radiography -- Computed Radiography -- Charge-Coupled Device and Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor detectors -- Flat Panel Thin-Film-Transistor Array Detectors -- Technique Factors in Radiography -- Scintillators and Intensifying Screens -- Absorption Efficiency and Conversion Efficiency -- Other Considerations -- Radiographic Detectors, Patient Dose, and Exposure Index -- Dual-Energy Radiography.

Scattered Radiation in Projection Radiographic Imaging -- Mammography -- x-ray Tube and Beam Filtration -- x-ray Generator and Phototimer System -- Compression, Scattered Radiation, and Magnification -- Screen-Film Cassettes and Film Processing -- Digital Mammography -- Radiation Dosimetry -- Regulatory Requirements -- Fluoroscopy -- Functionality -- Fluoroscopic Imaging Chain Components -- Fluoroscopic Detector Systems -- Automatic Exposure Rate Control -- Fluoroscopy Modes of Operation -- Image Quality in Fluoroscopy -- Fluoroscopy Suites -- Radiation Dose -- Computed Tomography -- Clinical Use -- CT System Designs -- Modes of CT Acquisition -- CT Reconstruction -- Image Quality in CT -- CT Image Artifacts -- CT Generations -- X-ray Dosimetry in Projection Imaging and Computed Tomography -- Attenuation of X-rays in Tissue -- Dose-Related Metrics in Radiography and Fluoroscopy -- Monte Carlo Dose Computation -- Equivalent Dose -- Organ Doses from X-ray Procedures -- Effective Dose -- Absorbed Dose in Radiography and Fluoroscopy -- CT Dosimetry and Organ Doses -- Computation of Radiation Risk to the Generic Patient -- Computation of Patient-Specific Radiation Risk Estimates -- Diagnostic Reference Levels -- Increasing Radiation Burden from Medical Imaging -- Summary: Dose Estimation in Patients -- Magnetic Resonance Basics: Magnetic Fields, Nuclear Magnetic Characteristics, Tissue Contrast, Image Acquisition -- Magnetism, Magnetic Fields, and Magnets -- The Magnetic Resonance Signal -- Magnetization Properties of Tissues -- Basic Acquisition Parameters -- Basic Pulse Sequences -- MR Signal Localization -- "K-Space" Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction -- Summary -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Advanced Image Acquisition Methods, Artifacts, Spectroscopy, Quality Control, Siting, Bioeffects, and Safety -- Image Acquisition Time.

MR Image Characteristics -- Signal from Flow -- Perfusion and Diffusion Contrast Imaging -- Magnetization Transfer Contrast -- MR Artifacts -- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy -- Ancillary Components -- Magnet Siting, Quality Control -- MR Bioeffects and Safety -- Summary -- Ultrasound -- Characteristics of Sound -- Interactions of Ultrasound with Matter -- Ultrasound Transducers -- Ultrasound Beam Properties -- Image Data Acquisition -- Two-Dimensional Image Display and Storage -- Doppler Ultrasound -- Miscellaneous Ultrasound Capabilities -- Ultrasound Image Quality and Artifacts -- Ultrasound System Performance and Quality Assurance -- Acoustic Power and Bioeffects -- Summary -- SECTION Nuclear Medicine -- Radioactivity and Nuclear Transformation -- Radionuclide Decay Terms and Relationships -- Nuclear Transformation -- Radionuclide Production, Radiopharmaceuticals, and Internal Dosimetry -- Radionuclide Production -- Radiopharmaceuticals -- Internal Dosimetry -- Regulatory Issues -- Radiation Detection and Measurement -- Types of Detectors and Basic Principles -- Gas-Filled Detectors -- Scintillation Detectors -- Semiconductor Detectors -- Pulse Height Spectroscopy -- Nonimaging Detector Applications -- Counting Statistics -- Nuclear Imaging-The Scintillation Camera -- Planar Nuclear Imaging: The Anger Scintillation Camera -- Computers in Nuclear Imaging -- Nuclear Imaging-Emission Tomography -- Focal Plane Tomography in Nuclear Medicine -- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography -- Positron Emission Tomography -- Dual Modality Imaging-SPECT/CT, PET/CT, and PET/MRI -- Clinical Aspects, Comparison of PET and SPECT, and Dose -- SECTION Radiation Biology and Protection -- Radiation Biology -- Overview -- Interaction of Radiation with Tissue -- Molecular and Cellular Response to Radiation -- Organ System Response to Radiation.

Whole Body Response to Radiation: The Acute Radiation Syndrome -- Radiation-Induced Carcinogenesis -- Hereditary Effects of Radiation Exposure -- Radiation Effects -- Radiation Protection -- Sources of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation -- Personnel Dosimetry -- Radiation Detection Equipment in Radiation Safety -- Fundamental Principles and Methods of Exposure Control -- Structural Shielding of Imaging Facilities -- Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional X-ray Imaging -- Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine -- Regulatory Agencies and Radiation Exposure Limits -- Prevention of Errors -- Management of Radiation Safety Programs -- IMAGING OF PREGNANT AND POTENTIALLY PREGNANT PATIENTS -- Medical Emergencies Involving Ionizing Radiation -- SECTION Appendices -- Fundamental Principles of Physics -- Physics Laws, Quantities, and Units -- Classical Physics -- Electricity and Magnetism -- Digital Computers -- Components and Operation of Computers -- Performance of Computers -- Computer Software -- Physical Constants, Prefixes, Geometry, Conversion Factors, and Radiologic Data -- Mass Attenuation Coefficients -- Mass Attenuation Coefficients for Selected Elements -- Mass Attenuation Coefficients for Selected Compounds -- Mass Energy Attenuation Coefficients for Selected Detector Compounds -- Effective Doses, Organ Doses, and Fetal Doses from Medical Imaging Procedures -- Radiopharmaceutical Characteristics and Dosimetry -- Convolution and Fourier Transforms -- Convolution -- The Fourier Transform -- The Fourier Transform in Filtered Backprojection -- The Fourier Transform and the Modulation Transfer Function -- Fourier Analysis of Noise: The Noise Power Spectrum -- Radiation Dose: Perspectives and Comparisons -- Radionuclide Therapy Home Care Guidelines -- General Safety Guide for Outpatients Receiving Radioiodine Therapy: Less Than 10 mci.

General Safety Guide for Outpatients Receiving Radioiodine Therapy: More Than 10 mci -- Index -- Index.