Medical imaging based on magnetic fields and ultrasounds /

This book describes the different principles and equipment used in medical imaging. The importance of medical imaging for diagnostics is rapidly increasing. A good working knowledge of all the different possible physical principles involved in medical imaging is now imperative. This book covers many...

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Other Authors: Fanet, Hervé (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Hoboken, NJ : ISTE ; Wiley, 2014.
Series:Digital signal and image processing series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book describes the different principles and equipment used in medical imaging. The importance of medical imaging for diagnostics is rapidly increasing. A good working knowledge of all the different possible physical principles involved in medical imaging is now imperative. This book covers many of these principles including matter photon interactions, the principles of detectors, detectors and information processing for radiology, X-ray tomography, positron tomography, single photon tomography and optical tomography.
Item Description:"The aim of this book is to provide an overview of the progress made in the various domains of imaging from various different angles."--Foreword.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781118761236
1118761235
9781118761359
1118761359