Radiation Exposure and Image Quality in X-Ray Diagnostic Radiology Physical Principles and Clinical Applications /

• Main Authors: Aichinger, Horst (Author), Dierker, Joachim (Author), Joite-Barfuß, Sigrid (Author), Säbel, Manfred (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Radiology.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.

Diagnostic X-rays are the largest contributor to radiation exposure to the general population, and protecting the patient from radiation damage is a major aim of modern health policy. Once the decision has been taken to use ionising radiation for imaging in a particular patient, it is necessary to o...

Table of Contents:

• Physical principles: Production and measurement of X-rays
• Interaction of photons with matter
• Radiation field and dosimetric quantities
• Penetration of X-rays
• Scattered radiation
• Image receptors
• Image quality and dose
• Clinical Applications: Evaluation of dose to the patient
• Scattered radiation
• Optimisation of image quality and dose
• Supplement: X-ray spectra
• Interaction coefficients
• Characteristics of the primary radiation beam
• Characteristics of the imaging radiation field
• Miscellaneous
• Patient-dose-estimation.