The Phantoms of Medical and Health Physics Devices for Research and Development /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: DeWerd, Larry A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kissick, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Radiology.; Nuclear medicine.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Biomedical engineering.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; Imaging / Radiology.; Biomedical Engineering.; Nuclear Medicine.; Ultrasound.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

A comprehensive overview of all types of phantoms used in medical imaging, therapy, nuclear medicine and health physics is provided in this title. For ionizing radiation, dosimetry with respect to issues of material composition, shape, and motion/position effects are all highlighted. For medical ima...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction to Phantoms of Medical and Health Physics
• Section I: Phantoms of Radiation Therapy
• 2. Radiation Therapy Dosimetry Phantoms
• 3. Anthropormorphic Phantoms for Radiation Oncology Medical Physics
• 4. Motion Phantoms for Therapy
• 5. Phantoms in Brachytherapy
• Section II. Imaging Phantoms
• 6. Imaging Phantoms: Conventional X-ray Imaging Applications
• 7. Computer Tomography (CT) Phantom Applications
• 8. Mammography Phantoms
• 9. Phantoms for Ultrasound Experimentation and Quality Control
• 10. Phantoms for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• 11. Nuclear Medicine phantoms
• Section III. Computational Phantoms
• 12. Computational Phantoms for Organ Dose Calculations in Radiation Protection and Imaging
• 13. Applications of Computational Phantoms.