Physics for Medical Imaging Applications

Part I. General Imaging and Ultrasound Principle

1. FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF DIGITAL IMAGING
KARL-FRIEDRICH KAMM

Part II. Magnetic Resource Imaging

2. PRINCIPLE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE
MARTIN O. LEACH

3. NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR)
EMILE M. HILTBRAND

4. MRI – QUALITY ASSURANCE
FRANÇOIS LAZEYRAS

5. ADVANCED MRI APPLICATIONS
JEFFRY R. ALGER, ANDREW J. FREW

6. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL MRI
JEFFRY R. ALGER, ANDREW J. FREW

7. APPLICATIONS OF CLINICAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY
JEFFRY R. ALGER

8. CLINICAL MRI
ALESSANDRO ALIMENTI

Part III. Ultrasound Imaging

9. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ULTRASOUND
TERESA M. ROBINSON

10. ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS
FRANCO BERTORA

11. ULTRASONIC DOPPLER MODES
PIERO TORTOLI, PAOLO FIDANZATI, BASSI LUCA

12. ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS
CHRISTIAN CACHARD, OLIVIER BASSET

13. SPECKLE FORMATION, ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING APPLIED TO ULTRASOUND TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION
JOHAN M. THIJSSEN

14. PERFORMANCE TESTING OF MEDICAL ECHO/DOPPLER EQUIPMENT
J.M. THIJSSEN, M.C. VAN WIJK, M.H.M. CUYPERS

15. ULTRASONIC ELASTOGRAPHY
RÉMI SOUCHON

16. ULTRASOUND AND THERAPY
CYRIL LAFON

17. ULTRASOUND IMAGE POST-PROCESSING – APPLICATION TO SEGMENTATION
OLIVIER BASSET, CHRISTIAN CACHARD

18. INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING
NICO DE JONG, NICOLAAS BOM, JOHANNES SCHAAR, DAVID GOERTZ, MARTIJN FRIJLINK, ANTON FW VAN DER STEEN

19. EARLY, RECENT AND FUTURE APPLICATIONS OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
NICO DE JONG, NICOLAAS BOM, ANTON FW VAN DER STEEN, JOS RTC ROELANDT

Part IV. Nuclear Medicine Techniques

20. ISOTOPES IN MEDICINE
GERD-J. BEYER

21. ELECTRONICS SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR MEDICAL IMAGING
RENATO TURCHETTA

22. EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY
ROBERT J. OTT

23. DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING IN RADIOISOTOPE IMAGING
ROBERT J. OTT

24. EVALUATION OF IMAGE QUALITY
PETER F. SHARP

25. ADVANCES IN PET AND SPECT
ANDREW TODD-POKROPEK

26. POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY APPLICATION TO DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
PIERO A. SALVADORI

Part V. Digital Imaging

27. PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF MAMMOGRAPHY
DAVID R. DANCE

28. COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
ISABEL CASTELLANO, JACOB GELEIJNS

29. IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY
CLAUDE COMTAT

30. QUALITY CONTROL IN MAMMOGRAPHY
ALAIN NOEL

31. PATIENT DOSE IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY
ALAIN NOEL

Nyckelord: Physics, Biophysics/Biomedical Physics, Imaging / Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound