Physics of Medical X - Ray Imaging ( 1 ) Chapter 1 - CHAPTER 1 ...

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Physics of Medical X-Ray Imaging (1) Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS OF MEDICAL IMAGING This book presumes that you are knowledgeable about the physical mechanisms underlying the formation of the medical x-ray image. You should have a basic understanding of the interaction of electrons with matter (bremsstrahlung) and the formation of x-rays, the interaction of x-rays with matter (photoelectric and Compton interactions), how the medical x-ray image is formed with intensifying screens and radiographic film, how (and in what units) the quantity of radiation is measured, and finally have an appreciation of the principles

• intermediate concepts
• radiographic film
• imaging device
• spatial resolution
• imaging system
• noise
• contrast
• image
• function