Fundamentals of Medical Imaging

by Paul Suetens

• ISBN13: 9780521519151
• ISBN10: 0521519152
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Fundamentals of Medical Imaging, Second Edition, provides an invaluable technical introduction to each imaging modality, explaining the mathematical and physical principles of medical imaging and image processing and giving the reader a clear understanding of how they are obtained and interpreted.

Author Biography

Paul Suetens is Professor of Medical Imaging and Image Processing, Chairman of the Medical Imaging Research Center 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.

Table of Contents

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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