{"product_id":"hendees-physics-of-medical-imaging-isbn-9780470552209","title":"Hendee's Physics of Medical Imaging","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn up-to-date edition of the authoritative text on the physics of medical imaging, written in an accessible format\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe extensively revised fifth edition of \u003ci\u003eHendee's Medical Imaging Physics\u003c\/i\u003e, offers a guide to the principles, technologies, and procedures of medical imaging. Comprehensive in scope, the text contains coverage of all aspects of image formation in modern medical imaging modalities including radiography, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, nuclear imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince the publication of the fourth edition, there have been major advances in the techniques and instrumentation used in the ever-changing field of medical imaging. The fifth edition offers a comprehensive reflection of these advances including digital projection imaging techniques, nuclear imaging technologies, new CT and MR imaging methods, and ultrasound applications. The new edition also takes a radical strategy in organization of the content, offering the fundamentals common to most imaging methods in Part I of the book, and application of those fundamentals in specific imaging modalities in Part II. These fundamentals also include notable updates and new content including radiobiology, anatomy and physiology relevant to medical imaging, imaging science, image processing, image display, and information technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book makes an attempt to make complex content in accessible format with limited mathematical formulation. The book is aimed to be accessible by most professionals with lay readers interested in the subject. The book is also designed to be of utility for imaging physicians and residents, medical physics students, and medical physicists and radiologic technologists perpetrating for certification examinations. The revised fifth edition of \u003ci\u003eHendee's Medical Imaging Physics \u003c\/i\u003econtinues to offer the essential information and insights needed to understand the principles, the technologies, and procedures used in medical imaging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary by William Hendee xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClarification and Acknowledgment xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Role of Imaging in Medicine xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Physics of Radiation and Matter 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology in Imaging 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Imaging Science 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Radiobiology, Dosimetry, and Protection 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Imaging Operation and Infrastructure 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Projection X-ray Imaging 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Volumetric X-ray Imaging 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Nuclear Medicine 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Ultrasonography 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHendee’s Physics of Medical Imaging, 5th Edition is written with clear and focused academic language…and will be very useful both for students and lecturers on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCongratulations to both authors for the excellent textbook.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Slavik Tabakov, King’s College London, UK, Immediate Past President IOMP (International Organization of Medical Physics)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEHSAN SAMEI, P\u003csmall\u003eH\u003c\/small\u003eD, DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, FAIMBE,\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, USA, with appointments in Radiology, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Medical Physics.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDONALD J. PECK, P\u003csmall\u003eH\u003c\/small\u003eD, DABR, FAAPM, FACR,\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Practice in Medical Informatics at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, and Senior Staff Physicist in the Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NEW EDITION OF THE AUTHORITATIVE TEXT ON THE PHYSICS OF MEDICAL IMAGING\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extensively revised fifth edition of \u003ci\u003eHendee's Physics of Medical Imaging,\u003c\/i\u003e offers a guide to the principles, technologies, and procedures of medical imaging. Comprehensive in scope, the text contains coverage of all aspects of image formation in modern medical imaging modalities including radiography, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, nuclear imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the publication of the fourth edition, there have been major advances in the techniques and instrumentation used in the ever-changing field of medical imaging. The fifth edition offers a comprehensive reflection of these advances including digital projection imaging techniques, nuclear imaging technologies, new CT and MR imaging methods, and ultrasound applications. The new edition also takes a radical strategy in organization of the content, offering the fundamentals common to most imaging methods in Part I of the book, and application of those fundamentals in specific imaging modalities in Part II. 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