What is included with this book?
Preface | p. vii |
Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Introduction to digital image processing | p. 1 |
Digital images | p. 1 |
Image quality | p. 2 |
Basic image operations | p. 4 |
Radiography | p. 14 |
Introduction | p. 14 |
X-rays | p. 14 |
Interaction with matter | p. 16 |
X-ray detectors | p. 17 |
Dual-energy imaging | p. 21 |
Image quality | p. 23 |
Equipment | p. 24 |
Clinical use | p. 25 |
Biologic effects and safety | p. 27 |
Future expectations | p. 32 |
X-ray computed tomography | p. 33 |
Introduction | p. 33 |
X-ray detectors in CT | p. 34 |
Imaging | p. 35 |
Cardiac CT | p. 46 |
Dual-energy CT | p. 48 |
Image quality | p. 49 |
Equipment | p. 53 |
Clinical use | p. 58 |
Biologic effects and safety | p. 59 |
Future expectations | p. 63 |
Magnetic resonance imaging | p. 64 |
Introduction | p. 64 |
Physics of the transmitted signal | p. 64 |
Interaction with tissue | p. 68 |
Signal detection and detector | p. 71 |
Imaging | p. 72 |
Image quality | p. 90 |
Equipment | p. 95 |
Clinical use | p. 98 |
Biologic effects and safety | p. 102 |
Future expectations | p. 104 |
Nuclear medicine imaging | p. 105 |
Introduction | p. 105 |
Radionuclides | p. 105 |
Interaction of ¿-photons and particles with matter | p. 108 |
Data acquisition | p. 108 |
Imaging | p. 111 |
Image quality | p. 116 |
Equipment | p. 117 |
Clinical use | p. 122 |
Biologic effects and safety | p. 124 |
Future expectations | p. 125 |
Ultrasound imaging | p. 128 |
Introduction | p. 128 |
Physics of acoustic waves | p. 128 |
Generation and detection of ultrasound | p. 137 |
Gray scale imaging | p. 138 |
Doppler imaging | p. 141 |
Image quality | p. 145 |
Equipment | p. 149 |
Clinical use | p. 152 |
Biologic effects and safety | p. 155 |
Future expectations | p. 156 |
Medical image analysis | p. 159 |
Introduction | p. 159 |
Manual analysis | p. 160 |
Automated analysis | p. 160 |
Computational strategies for automated medical image analysis | p. 163 |
Pixel classification | p. 166 |
Geometric model matching using a transformation matrix | p. 170 |
Flexible geometric model matching | p. 175 |
Validation | p. 186 |
Future expectations | p. 189 |
Visualization for diagnosis and therapy | p. 190 |
Introduction | p. 190 |
2D visualization | p. 192 |
3D rendering | p. 192 |
Virtual reality | p. 205 |
User interaction | p. 207 |
Intraoperative navigation | p. 203 |
Augmented reality | p. 214 |
Future expectations | p. 218 |
Linear system theory | p. 219 |
Exercises | p. 232 |
Bibliography | p. 246 |
Index | p. 248 |
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