PART I

RADIOLOGIC PHYSICS

1

1

Essential Concepts of Radiologic Science

2

2

The Structure of Matter

26

3

Electromagnetic Energy

44

4

Electricity, Magnetism, and Electromagnetism

60

PART II

X-RADIATION

83

5

The X-ray Imaging System

84

6

The X-ray Tube

104

7

X-ray Production

123

8

X-ray Emission

136

9

X-ray Interaction with Matter

147

PART III

THE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE

161

10

Concepts of Radiographic Image Quality

162

11

Control of Scatter Radiation

186

12

Screen-Film Radiography

207

13

Screen-Film Radiographic Technique

236

PART IV

THE DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE

265

14

Computers in Medical Imaging

266

15

Computed Radiography

282

16

Digital Radiography

295

17

Digital Radiographic Technique

305

18

Viewing the Digital Radiographic Image

321

PART V

IMAGE ARTIFACTS AND QUALITY CONTROL

333

19

Screen-Film Radiographic Artifacts

334

20

Screen-Film Radiographic Quality Control

341

21

Digital Radiographic Artifacts

352

22

Digital Radiographic Quality Control

363

PART VI

ADVANCED X-RAY IMAGING

371

23

Mammography

372

24

Mammography Quality Control

385

25

Fluoroscopy

401

26

Digital Fluoroscopy

417

27

Interventional Radiography

430

28

Computed Tomography

437

PART VII

RADIOBIOLOGY

465

29

Human Biology

466

30

Fundamental Principles of Radiobiology

479

31

Molecular Radiobiology

487

32

Cellular Radiobiology

494

33

Deterministic Effects of Radiation

503

34

Stochastic Effects of Radiation

518

PART VIII

RADIATION PROTECTION

537

35

Health Physics

538

36

Designing for Radiation Protection

548

37

Patient Radiation Dose Management

565

38

Occupational Radiation Dose Management

581

Glossary

599

Index

619