"An excellent primer on medical imaging for all members of the medical profession . . . including non-radiological specialists. It is technically solid and filled with diagrams and clinical images illustrating important points, but it is also easily readable . . . So many outstanding chapters . . . The book uses little mathematics beyond simple algebra [and] presents complex ideas in very understandable terms."
?Melvin E. Clouse, MD, Vice Chairman Emeritus, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Deaconess Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

A well-known medical physicist and author, an interventional radiologist, and an emergency room physician with no special training in radiology have collaborated to write, in the language familiar to physicians, an introduction to the technology and clinical applications of medical imaging. It is intentionally brief and not overly detailed, intended to help clinicians with very little free time rapidly gain enough command of the critically important imaging tools of their trade to be able to discuss them confidently with medical and technical colleagues; to explain the general ideas accurately to students, nurses, and technologists; and to describe them effectively to concerned patients and loved ones. Chapter coverage includes:

• Introduction: Dr. Doe's Headaches
• Sketches of the Standard Imaging Modalities
• Image Quality and Dose
• Creating Subject Contrast in the Primary X-Ray Image
• Twentieth-Century (Analog) Radiography and Fluoroscopy
• Radiation Dose and Radiogenic Cancer Risk
• Twenty-First-Century (Digital) Imaging
• Digital Planar Imaging
• Computed Tomography
• Nuclear Medicine (Including SPECT and PET)
• Diagnostic Ultrasound (Including Doppler)
• MRI in One Dimension and with No Relaxation
• Mapping T1 and T2 Proton Spin Relaxation in 3D
• Evolving and Experimental Modalities

Content:
Chapter 1 Sketches of the Standard Imaging Modalities: Different Ways of Creating Visible Contrast Among Tissues (pages 1–36):
Chapter 2 Image Quality and Dose: What Constitutes a “Good” Medical Image? (pages 37–66):
Chapter 3 Creating Subject Contrast in the Primary X?ray Image: Projection Maps of the Body from Differential Attenuation of X?rays by Tissues (pages 67–90):
Chapter 4 Twentieth?century (Analog) Radiography and Fluoroscopy: Capturing the X?ray Shadow with a Film Cassette or an Image Intensifier Tube plus Electronic Optical Camera Combination (pages 91–126):
Chapter 5 Radiation Dose and Radiogenic Risk: Ionization?Induced Damage to DNA can cause Stochastic, Deterministic, and Teratogenic Health Effects – And How To Protect Against Them (pages 127–151):
Chapter 6 Twenty?first Century (Digital) Imaging: Computer?Based Representation, Acquisition, Processing, Storage, Transmission, and Analysis of Images (pages 152–175):
Chapter 7 Digital Planar Imaging: Replacing Film and Image Intensifiers with Solid State, Electronic Image Receptors (pages 176–190):
Chapter 8 Computed Tomography: Superior Contrast in Three?Dimensional X?Ray Attenuation Maps (pages 191–233):
Chapter 9 Nuclear Medicine: Contrast from Differential Uptake of a Radiopharmaceutical by Tissues (pages 234–273):
Chapter 10 Diagnostic Ultrasound: Contrast from Differences in Tissue Elasticity or Density Across Boundaries (pages 274–306):
Chapter 11 MRI in One Dimension and with No Relaxation: A Gentle Introduction to a Challenging Subject (pages 307–351):
Chapter 12 Mapping T1 and T2 Relaxation in Three Dimensions (pages 352–386):
Chapter 13 Evolving and Experimental Modalities (pages 387–399):