(Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy)
by Bethe A. Scalettar (Author), James R. Abney (Author)
Imaging
is everywhere. We use our eyes to see and cameras to take pictures.
Scientists use microscopes and telescopes to peer into cells and out to
space. Doctors use ultrasound, X-rays, radioisotopes, and MRI to look
inside our bodies. If you are curious about imaging, open this textbook
to learn the fundamentals.
Imaging is a powerful tool
in fundamental and applied scientific research and also plays a crucial
role in medical diagnostics, treatment, and research. This
undergraduate textbook introduces cutting-edge imaging techniques and
the physics underlying them. Elementary concepts from electromagnetism,
optics, and modern physics are used to explain prominent forms of light
microscopy, as well as endoscopy, ultrasound, projection radiography and
computed tomography, radionuclide imaging, and magnetic resonance
imaging. This textbook also covers digital image processing and
analysis. Theoretical principles are reinforced with illustrative
homework problems, applications, activities, and experiments, and by
emphasizing recurring themes, including the effects of resolution,
contrast, and noise on image quality. Readers will learn imaging
fundamentals, diagnostic capabilities, and strengths and weaknesses of
techniques.
This textbook had its genesis, and has
been vetted, in a "Biomedical Imaging" course at Lewis & Clark
College in Portland, OR, and is designed to facilitate the teaching of
similar courses at other institutions. It is unique in its coverage of
both optical microscopy and medical imaging at an intermediate level,
and exceptional in its coverage of material at several levels of
sophistication.
