Description:
This eighth edition is a major revision and update of Fuch 's
Radiographic Exposure and Quality Control including a title change. The
book is a most expansive and comprehensive text on radiographic exposure
and imaging, encompassing the vast and intricate changes that have
taken place in the field. As with previous editions, the book is
intended to complement radiographic physics texts rather than duplicate
them, and all chapters on conventional radiography have been fully
revised to reflect state-of-the-art imaging technology. Part I,
Producing the Radiographic Image, presents chapters on x-rays and
radiographic variables, recording the permanent image, qualities of the
image, and interactions of x-rays within the patient. Part II,
Visibility Factors, includes chapters on milliampere-seconds,
kilovoltage-peak, machine phase and rectification, beamfiltration,
field size limitation, patient status and contrast agents, pathology and
casts, scattered radiation and image fog, grids, intensifying screens,
and image receptor systems. Part III, Geometrical factors, discusses
focal spot size, the anode bevel, source-image receptor distance,
object-image receptor distance, distance ratios,
beam-part-film-alignment, geometric functions of positioning, and
motion. Part IV, Comprehensive Technique, presents chapters on analyzing
the radiographic image, simplifying and standardizing technique,
technique by proportional anatomy, technique charts, exposure controls,
patient dose, quality control, and solving multiple technique problems.
Part V, Special Imaging Methods, includes a concise overview of
computers, the nature of digital images and the fundamental processes
common to all digital imaging systems. Specific applications follow,
including digital conversion of film images, DR, DF, CR, and image
reconstruction in CT and MRI. The methods of Three-Dimensional Imaging
are then introduced with beautiful illustration. The application of
lasers in digitizing images and printing hard copies is reviewed, ending
with a balanced discussion of PACS and digital teleradiology. CR and DR
provides thorough coverage of the image matrix, pixel size, and fields
of view, gray scale enhancement and spatial resolution, followed by an
excellent discussion of CRT image qualities including horizontal and
vertical resolution, contrast, dynamic range, and signal-to-noise ratio.
Exposure and reading of the photostimulable phosphor plate is nicely
illustrated. Clear presentations on windowing concepts, smoothing, edge
enhancement, equalization, the digital workstation and display station
are given. Part VI, Processing the Radiograph, completes the text with
chapters on digital processing applications, practical applications for
CR, automatic processors, film handling and duplication procedures, and
sensitometry and darkroom quality control. Each chapter concludes with
an examination that will help the student review materials and put them
into perspective. Multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and
identification/explanation questions are all included. This book is by
far the best available for schools that are focused on the practical
application of radiographic technique.
Table of Contents:
Preface to the Seventh Edition Acknowledgments
Part I Producing the Radiographic Image
Chapter
1. X-RAYS AND RADIOGRAPHIC VARIABLES 2. RECORDING THE PERMANENT IMAGE 3. QUALITIES OF THE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE 4. INTERACTIONS OF X-RAYS WITHIN THE PATIENT
Part II VISIBILITY FACTORS
5. MILLIAMPERE-SECONDS 6. KILOVOLTAGE-PEAK 7. MACHINE PHASE AND RECTIFICATION 8. BEAM FILTRATION 9. FIELD SIZE LIMITATION 10. PATIENT STATUS AND CONTRAST AGENTS 11. PATHOLOGY AND CASTS 12. SCATTERED RADIATION AND IMAGE FOG 13. GRIDS 14. INTENSIFYING SCREENS 15. IMAGE RECEPTOR SYSTEMS
Part III GEOMETRICAL FACTORS
16. FOCAL SPOT SIZE 17. THE ANODE BEVEL 18. SOURCE-IMAGE RECEPTOR DISTANCE 19. OBJECT-IMAGE RECEPTOR DISTANCE 20. Distance RATIOS 21. BEAM-PART-FILM-ALIGNMENT 22. GEOMETRIC FUNCTIONS OF POSITIONING 23. MOTION
Part IV COMPREHENSIVE TECHNIQUE
24. ANALYZING THE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE 25. SIMPLIFYING AND STANDARDIZING TECHNIQUE 26. TECHNIQUE BY PROPORTIONAL ANATOMY 27. TECHNIQUE CHARTS 28. AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROLS 29. MINIMIZING PATIENT DOSE 30. QUALITY CONTROL 31. SOLVING MULTIPLE TECHNIQUE PROBLEMS
Part V SPECIAL IMAGING METHODS
32. MOBILE RADIOGRAPHY 33. SPECIAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES 34. FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGE INTENSIFICATION –Robert J. Parelli 35. DIGITAL IMAGING OVERVIEW –Euclid Seeram 36. COMPUTERIZED RADIOGRAPHY:CR AND DR –Robert DeAngelis
Part VI PROCESSING THE RADIOGRAPH
37. DIGITAL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS 38. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR CR 39. CHEMICAL PROCESSING STEPS AND VARIABLE 40. AUTOMATIC PROCESSORS 41. FILM HANDLING AND DARK ROOM PROCEDURES 42. SENSITOMETRIC QUALITY CONTROL
Appendix I. Blank Technique Charts: Manual & AEC II. Answers to Exercises Index
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