Imaging Physics Case Review

Master the critical physics content you need to know with this new title in the popular Case Review series. Imaging Physics Case Review offers a highly illustrated, case-based preparation for board review to help residents and recertifying radiologists succeed on exams and demonstrate a clinical understanding of physics, patient safety, and improvement of imaging accuracy and interpretation . Presents 150 high-yield case studies organized by level of difficulty , with multiple-choice questions , answers, and rationales that mimic the format of certification exams. Uses short, easily digestible chapters and high-quality illustrations for efficient, effective learning and exam preparation. Discusses current advances in all modalities , ensuring that your study is up-to-date and clinically useful. Covers today’s key physics topics including radiation safety and methods to prevent patient harm; how to reduce artifacts; basics of radiation doses including dose reduction strategies; cardiac CT physics; advanced ultrasound techniques; and how to optimize image quality using physics principles. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices Front Cover IFC Imaging Physics: CASE REVIEW SERIES Series Page Imaging Physics: CASE REVIEW SERIES Copyright Dedication Foreword Preface Contents 1 - RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING CASE 1.1 ANSWERS Focal Spot Comment CASE 1.2 ANSWERS Tube Output and Mottle Comment CASE 1.3 ANSWERS Beam Quality and Contrast Comment CASE 1.4 ANSWERS Exposure Time and Automatic Exposure Control Comment CASE 1.5 ANSWERS Heel Effect Comment CASE 1.6 ANSWERS Grids Comment CASE 1.7 ANSWERS Imaging Plates and Resolution Comment CASE 1.8 ANSWERS Artifacts Comment CASE 1.9 ANSWERS Radiographic Techniques and Diagnostic Task Comment CASE 1.10 ANSWERS Incident Air Kerma and Kerma Area Product Comment References 2 - MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGING Case 2.1 ANSWERS Diagnostic Task Comment CASE 2.2 ANSWERS X-Ray Tube Comment CASE 2.3 ANSWERS X-Ray Generator Comment CASE 2.4 ANSWERS X-Ray Beam Quality Comment CASE 2.5 ANSWERS Compression and Breast Composition Comment CASE 2.6 ANSWERS Grids, Detectors, and Image Display Comment CASE 2.7 ANSWERS Magnification Mammography and Breast Tomosynthesis Comment CASE 2.8 ANSWERS Image Quality and Artifacts Comment CASE 2.9 ANSWERS Mammography Quality Standards Act Comment CASE 2.10 ANSWERS Dose and Risk Comment References 3 - FLUOROSCOPY WITH IMAGE INTENSIFIERS CASE 3.1 ANSWERS Image Intensifiers Comment CASE 3.2 ANSWERS Television Systems Comment CASE 3.3 ANSWERS Imaging Chain Comment CASE 3.4 ANSWERS Pulsed Fluoroscopy and Fluoroscopy Times Comment CASE 3.5 ANSWERS Electronic Magnification Comment CASE 3.6 ANSWERS Digital Fluoroscopy and Fluoroscopy Techniques Comment CASE 3.7 ANSWERS Fluoroscopic and Diagnostic Images Comment CASE 3.8 ANSWERS Automatic Exposure Control Comment CASE 3.9 ANSWERS Contrast Media, Quality, and Artifacts Comment CASE 3.10 ANSWERS Kerma Area Product Comment References 4 - INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY WITH FLAT PANEL DETECTORS CASE 4.1 ANSWERS Flat Panel Detector Systems Comment CASE 4.2 ANSWERS Fluoroscopy With Flat Panel Detectors Comment CASE 4.3 ANSWERS Flat Panel Detectors Versus Image Intensifiers Comment CASE 4.4 ANSWERS Irradiating Patients Comment CASE 4.5 ANSWERS Equipment Safety Comment CASE 4.6 ANSWERS Protective Clothing Comment CASE 4.7 ANSWERS Operator Doses Comment CASE 4.8 ANSWERS Air Kerma at the Interventional Reference Point Comment CASE 4.9 ANSWERS Kerma Area Product in Interventional Radiology Comment CASE 4.10 ANSWERS Interpreting Interventional Reference Point Air Kerma and Kerma Area Product Comment References 5 - Computed Tomography Basics Case 5.1 Answers Image Data Acquisition Comment Case 5.2 Answers Image Reconstruction Comment Case 5.3 Answers Hounsfield Units Comment Case 5.4 Answers X-Ray Tubes Case 5.5 Answers Generators and Energy Deposition Comment Case 5.6 Answers Detectors Comment Case 5.7 Answers Helical Computed Tomography Comment Case 5.8 Answers Computed Tomography Images Comment Case 5.9 Answers Display Comment Case 5.10 Answers Quantity and Quality Comment Case 5.11 Answers Automatic Exposure Control Comment References 6 - COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING CASE 6.1 ANSWERS Adult Head Comment CASE 6.2 ANSWERS Adult Body Comment CASE 6.3 ANSWERS Patient Size and X-Ray Transmission Comment CASE 6.4 ANSWERS Pediatric Computed Tomography Comment CASE 6.5 ANSWERS Cardiac Computed Tomography Comment CASE 6.6 ANSWERS Dual Source and Dual Energy Comment CASE 6.7 ANSWERS Lesion Contrast Comment CASE 6.8 ANSWERS CT Image Noise Comment CASE 6.9 ANSWERS Spatial Resolution Comment CASE 6.10 ANSWERS Temporal Resolution Comment CASE 6.11 ANSWERS Artifacts Comment References 7 - GAMMA CAMERAS CASE 7.1 ANSWERS Nuclear Structure Comment CASE 7.2 ANSWERS Beta and Alpha Decay Comment CASE 7.3 ANSWERS Isomeric Transitions and Activity Comment CASE 7.4 ANSWERS Radionuclide Generators Comment CASE 7.5 ANSWERS Scintillators Comment CASE 7.6 ANSWERS Detectors in Nuclear Medicine Comment CASE 7.7 ANSWERS Gamma Cameras Comment CASE 7.8 ANSWERS Collimators Comment CASE 7.9 ANSWERS Gamma Camera Quality Control Comment CASE 7.10 ANSWERS Gamma Camera Image Quality Comment CASE 7.11 ANSWERS Gamma Camera Artifacts Comment CASE 7.12 ANSWERS Gamma Camera Protocols Comment References 8 - SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING CASE 8.1 ANSWERS Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Image Acquisition Comment CASE 8.2 ANSWERS SPECT Image Reconstruction Comment CASE 8.3 ANSWERS SPECT Protocols Comment CASE 8.4 ANSWERS CT and SPECT Comment CASE 8.5 ANSWERS SPECT Image Quality Comment CASE 8.6 ANSWERS PET Detectors Comment CASE 8.7 ANSWERS Image Acquisition Comment CASE 8.8 ANSWERS Imaging Modes Comment CASE 8.9 ANSWERS CT in PET Comment CASE 8.10 ANSWERS PET Image Quality Comment CASE 8.11 ANSWERS PET/CT Quality Control Comment CASE 8.12 ANSWERS PET Artifacts References 9 - MAGNETIC RESONANCE BASICS Case 9.1 ANSWERS Magnetism Comment CASE 9.2 ANSWERS Nuclei in Magnetic Fields Comment CASE 9.3 ANSWERS Magnetic Resonance Comment CASE 9.4 ANSWERS Free Induction Decay Comment CASE 9.5 ANSWERS T1 Relaxation Comment CASE 9.6 ANSWERS T2 Relaxation Comment CASE 9.7 ANSWERS T2* relaxation Comment CASE 9.8 ANSWERS Spin Echoes Comment CASE 9.9 ANSWERS Spatial Localization Comment CASE 9.10 ANSWERS Data Acquisition Comment CASE 9.11 ANSWERS K-Space and MR Images Comment CASE 9.12 ANSWERS Instrumentation Comment References 10 - MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CASE 10.1 ANSWERS Spin Echo Imaging Comment CASE 10.2 ANSWERS T1 and T2 Weighting Comment CASE 10.3 ANSWERS Gradient Recalled Echoes Comment CASE 10.4 ANSWERS GRE Imaging Comment CASE 10.5 ANSWERS Inversion Recovery Comment CASE 10.6 ANSWERS Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Comment CASE 10.7 ANSWERS Angiography (Gadolinium Contrast) Comment CASE 10.8 ANSWERS Time-of-Flight and Phase Contrast Angiography Comment CASE 10.9 ANSWERS Advanced MRI Comment CASE 10.10 ANSWERS Resolution and Contrast Comment CASE 10.11 ANSWERS Signal-to-Noise Ratio Comment CASE 10.12 ANSWERS Artifacts References 11 - ULTRASOUND BASICS CASE 11.1 ANSWERS Sound Comment CASE 11.2 ANSWERS Interactions Comment CASE 11.3 ANSWERS Impedance and Attenuation Comment CASE 11.4 ANSWERS Piezoelectric Transducers Comment CASE 11.5 ANSWERS Single Transducers Comment CASE 11.6 ANSWERS Linear and Convex Arrays Comment CASE 11.7 ANSWERS Annular and Phased Arrays Comment CASE 11.8 ANSWERS Lines of Sight Comment CASE 11.9 ANSWERS Depth Compensation and Frame Rates Comment CASE 11.10 ANSWERS Image Display Comment References 12 - ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND DOPPLER CASE 12.1 ANSWERS Clinical Transducers Comment CASE 12.2 ANSWERS Advanced Techniques Comment CASE 12.3 ANSWERS Doppler Physics Comment CASE 12.4 ANSWERS Flow and Spectral Doppler Comment CASE 12.5 ANSWERS Color and Power Doppler Comment CASE 12.6 ANSWERS Doppler Artifacts Comment CASE 12.7 ANSWERS Resolution Comment CASE 12.8 ANSWERS Intensities in Ultrasound Comment CASE 12.9 ANSWERS Image Artifacts Comment CASE 12.10 ANSWERS Quality Control Comment References 13 - RADIATION DOSES CASE 13.1 ANSWERS Organ Doses Comment CASE 13.2 ANSWERS Skin Doses Comment CASE 13.3 ANSWERS Conceptus Doses Comment CASE 13.4 ANSWERS Effective Dose Comment CASE 13.5 ANSWERS Effective Dose in Radiography and Fluoroscopy Comments CASE 13.6 ANSWERS Effective Dose in CT Comment CASE 13.7 ANSWERS Pediatric Effective Doses Comment CASE 13.8 ANSWERS Nuclear Medicine Comment CASE 13.9 ANSWERS Therapeutic Agents Comment CASE 13.10 ANSWERS US Population Doses Comment References 14 - RADIATION SAFETY CASE 14.1 ANSWERS Advisory Bodies Comments CASE 14.2 ANSWERS Radiation Risks Comment CASE 14.3 ANSWERS US Regulatory Bodies Comment CASE 14.4 ANSWERS Regulatory Dose Limits Comment CASE 14.5 ANSWERS Protecting Workers Comment CASE 14.6 ANSWERS Protecting Patients Comment CASE 14.7 ANSWERS Protection in Nuclear Medicine Comment CASE 14.8 ANSWERS Radiation Accidents and Terrorism Comment CASE 14.9 ANSWERS MR Safety Comment CASE 14.10 ANSWERS Ultrasound Safety References INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y IBC