Medical Imaging Technology

• Main Author: Haidekker, Mark A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Radiology.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Biomedical engineering.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; Imaging / Radiology.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Biomedical Engineering.

Biomedical imaging is a relatively young discipline that started with Conrad Wilhelm Roentgen’s discovery of the x-ray in 1895. X-ray imaging was rapidly adopted in hospitals around the world. However, it was the advent of computerized data and image processing that made revolutionary new imaging mo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• X-ray Projection Imaging
• Computed Tomography
• Nuclear Imaging
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Ultrasound Imaging
• Trends in Medical Imaging Technology
• References
• Index.