The web-based edition of The Physical Principles of Medical Imaging, 2nd Ed.
Perry Sprawls, Ph.D.

This is a companion textbook to
Physical Principles of Medical Imaging Online, Resources for Learning and Teaching
http://www.sprawls.org/resources

Note: The web links are activated below as each chapter is converted to electronic format and becomes available on the web.

• Image Characteristics and Quality

• Energy and Radiation

• Radiation Quantities and Units

• Statistics of Radiation Events

• Characteristics and Structure of Matter  (CLICK HERE for Romanian language)

• Radioactive Transitions

• Radioactivity

• X-ray Production

• Energizing and Controlling the X-Ray Tube

• X-ray Tube Heating and Cooling

• Interaction of Radiation with Matter

• Radiation Penetration

• X-Ray Image Formation and Contrast

• Scattered Radiation and Contrast

• Screen/Film Radiographic Receptors

• The Photographic Process and Film Sensitivity

• Film Contrast Characteristics

• Radiographic Density Control

• Blur, Resolution, and Visibility of detail

• Radiographic Detail

• Fluoroscopic Imaging Systems

• Image Noise

• Digital Imaging Systems and Image Processing
  (There are five on-line modules covering this topic at http://www.sprawls.org/resources )

• Computed Tomography Image Formation
  (On-line Module at http://www.sprawls.org/resources/CTIMG/module.htm )

• Computed Tomography Image Quality
   (On-line Module at http://www.sprawls.org/resources/CTIQ/module.htm )

• Ultrasound Production and Interactions

• Ultrasound Imaging

• Ultrasound Imaging of Cardiac Motion and Flowing Blood

• The Gamma Camera

• Radionuclide Image Quality

• Radionuclide Tomographic Imaging

• Patient Exposure and Dose Management

• Personnel Exposure and Protection

• Radiation Measurement

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The chapters on magnetic resonance imaging are now published in:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles, Methods, and Techniques


Perry Sprawls. Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin