The essential physics of medical imaging / 
Jerrold T. Bushberg ... [et al.]. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Philadelphia :  Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,  c2012. 
 - xii, 1030 p. :  ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to medical imaging -- Radiation and the atom -- Interaction of radiation with matter -- Image quality -- Imaging informatics -- X-ray production, X-ray tubes, and generators -- Radiography -- Mammography -- Fluoroscopy -- Computed tomography -- X-ray dosimetry in projection imaging and CT -- Nuclear magnetic resonance -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- Ultrasound -- Radioactivity and nuclear transformation -- Radionuclide production and radiopharmaceuticals -- Radiation detection and measurement -- Nuclear imaging using the scintillation camera -- Nuclear tomography -- Radiopharmaceutical dosimetry -- Radiation biology -- Radiation protection. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781451118100 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011004310 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Diagnostic imaging.<br/>Medical physics.<br/>Diagnostic Imaging--methods.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC78.7.D53  / E87 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.0754  / ESP 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WN 200