Fundamentals of Medical Imaging

Name: Fundamentals of Medical Imaging
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ISBN: 9780521519151

ISBN-10: 0521519152

ISBN-13: 9780521519151

Edition: 2nd 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Paul Suetens

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Book details

List price: $345.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/6/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 261
Size: 7.72" wide x 9.96" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English

Paul Suetens is Professor of Medical Imaging and Image Processing, Chairman of the Medical Imaging Centre at the University Hospital Leuven, and Head of the Division for Image and Speech Processing at the Department of Electrical Engineering of K. U. Leuven, Belgium.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction to digital image processing


Digital images


Image quality


Basic image operations



Radiography


Introduction


X-rays


Interaction with matter


X-ray detectors


Dual-energy imaging


Image quality


Equipment


Clinical use


Biologic effects and safety


Future expectations



X-ray computed tomography


Introduction


X-ray detectors in CT


Imaging


Cardiac CT


Dual-energy CT


Image quality


Equipment


Clinical use


Biologic effects and safety


Future expectations



Magnetic resonance imaging


Introduction


Physics of the transmitted signal


Interaction with tissue


Signal detection and detector


Imaging


Image quality


Equipment


Clinical use


Biologic effects and safety


Future expectations



Nuclear medicine imaging


Introduction


Radionuclides


Interaction of ï¿½-photons and particles with matter


Data acquisition


Imaging


Image quality


Equipment


Clinical use


Biologic effects and safety


Future expectations



Ultrasound imaging


Introduction


Physics of acoustic waves


Generation and detection of ultrasound


Gray scale imaging


Doppler imaging


Image quality


Equipment


Clinical use


Biologic effects and safety


Future expectations



Medical image analysis


Introduction


Manual analysis


Automated analysis


Computational strategies for automated medical image analysis


Pixel classification


Geometric model matching using a transformation matrix


Flexible geometric model matching


Validation


Future expectations



Visualization for diagnosis and therapy


Introduction


2D visualization


3D rendering


Virtual reality


User interaction


Intraoperative navigation


Augmented reality


Future expectations



Linear system theory



Exercises


Bibliography


Index