Physics for Medical Imaging Applications

Preface. List of participants. Photographs. General imaging and ultrasound principle. Fundamental aspects of Digital Imaging; K.-F. Kamm.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Principle of magnetic resonance; M. O. Leach. Nuclear magnetic resonance; E. Hilbrand. MRI-Quality assurance; F. Lazeyras. Advanced MRI applications; J. R. Alger. Physiological and functional MRI; J. R. Alger. Applications of clinical magnetic resonance spectroscopy; J. R. Alger. Clinical MRI; A. Alimenti.- Ultrasound Imaging. Basic principles of ultrasound; T. Robinson. Ultrasound transducer; F. Bertora. Ultrasonic Doppler modes; P. Tortoli. Ultrasound contrast agents; C. Cachard. Speckle formation, analysis and processing applied to ultrasound tissue characterization; J. M. Thijssen. Performance testing of medical echo/Doppler equipment; J. M. Thijssen. Ultrasonic elastography; R. Souchon. Ultrasound and therapy; C. Lafon. Ultrasound image post-processing; O. Basset. Intravascular imaging; N. De Jong. Early, recent and future applications of echocardiography; N. De Jong.- Nuclear Medicine Techniques. Isotopes in medicine; G.-J. Beyer. Electronic signal processing for medical imaging; R. Turchetta. Emission tomography; R. J. Ott. Data acquisition and processing in radioisotope imaging; R. J. Ott. Evaluation of Image quality; P. F. Sharp. Advances in PET and SPECT; A. Todd-Pokropek. Positron emission tomography application to drug development and research; P. A. Salvadori.- Digital Imaging. Physical principles of mammography; D. R. Dance. Computed tomography; I. Castellano. Image reconstruction algorithms in positron emission tomography; C. Comtat. Quality control in mammography; A. Noel. Patient dose in diagnostic radiology; A. Noel.