Webb's Physics of Medical Imaging

Since the publication of the best-selling, highly acclaimed first edition, the technology and clinical applications of medical imaging have changed significantly. Gathering these developments into one volume, Webb’s Physics of Medical Imaging, Second Edition presents a thorough update of the basic physics, modern technology and many examples of clinical application across all the modalities of medical imaging. New to the Second Edition Extensive updates to all original chapters Coverage of state-of-the-art detector technology and computer processing used in medical imaging 11 new contributors in addition to the original team of authors Two new chapters on medical image processing and multimodality imaging More than 50 percent new examples and over 80 percent new figures Glossary of abbreviations, color insert and contents lists at the beginning of each chapter Keeping the material accessible to graduate students, this well-illustrated book reviews the basic physics underpinning imaging in medicine. It covers the major techniques of x-radiology, computerised tomography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, in addition to infrared, electrical impedance and optical imaging. The text also describes the mathematics of medical imaging, image processing, image perception, computational requirements and multimodality imaging.

In the Beginning: The Origins of Medical Imaging, S. Webb Diagnostic Radiology with X-Rays, D.R. Dance, S.H. Evans, C.L. Skinner and A.G. Bradley X-Ray Transmission Computed Tomography, I.A. Castellano and S. Webb Clinical Applications of X-Ray Computed Tomography in Radiotherapy Planning, H.J. Dobbs and S. Webb Radioisotope Imaging, R.J. Ott, M.A. Flower, A.D. Hall, P.K. Marsden and J.W. Babich Diagnostic Ultrasound, J.C. Bamber, N.R. Miller and M. Tristam Spatially Localised Magnetic Resonance, S.J. Doran and M.O. Leach Physical Aspects of Infrared Imaging, C.H. Jones Imaging of Tissue Electrical Impedance, B.H. Brown and S. Webb Optical Imaging, J.C. Hebden Mathematics of Image Formation and Image Processing, S. Webb Medical Image Processing, J. Suckling Perception and Interpretation of Images, C.R. Hill Computer Requirements of Imaging Systems, G.D. Flux, S. Sassi and R.E. Bentley Multimodality Imaging, G.D. Flux Epilogue, S. Webb and C.R. Hill Index

About the EditorMaggie Flower was a senior lecturer in the Joint Department of Physics at the Institute of Cancer Research/Royal Marsden Hospital (ICR/RMH) before taking early retirement. A fellow of the IPEM, Dr. Flower was also a joint leader of the ICR’s Radioisotope Research Team and head of radioisotope imaging at RMH. Her research interests include the evaluation and development of quantitative radioisotope imaging techniques using SPECT and PET and the application of these imaging methods to a variety of clinical research projects.