1Preface
642.19 Photon Interaction Rates
2Chapter
652.19.1 Attenuation
31 Introduction to X-ray
662.19.2 Linear Attenuation Coefficient
41.1 Overview of the Skeletal System
672.19.3 Mass Attenuation Coefficient
51.2 Classification of Bones
682.19.4 Photoelectric Rates
61.4 What is an X-ray?
692.20 Dependence on Photon Energy
71.5 What makes x-rays useful?
702.20.1 Material Atomic Number
81.6 X-ray source
712.20.2 Direction of Scatter
91.7 Beam focusing
722.20.3 The Energy of Scattered Radiation
101.8 Penumbra
732.21 Competitive Interactions
111.8.1 X-Ray Tube
742.22 Production And Detection Of X-rays
121.8.2 X-Ray Parameters
752.22.1 Production of X-rays
131.8.3 Interaction Between X-Rays and Matter
762.22.2 Detection of X-rays
141.9 Coherent (Rayleigh) scattering
772.23 Bremsstrahlung
151.9.1 Low-Energy Radiation
782.24 Exercise
161.9.2 Digital Sensors
79Chapter
171.9.3 X-Ray Angiography
803 X-ray Radiography in Medicine
181.10 X-ray Advantages / disadvantages
813.1 Overview
191.10.1 Classification of The Types of Matter
823.2 The Linear X-ray Attenuation Coefficient
201.10.2 Stability of Matter
833.3 The Factors Determining
211.11 How can X-rays produce images of internal structures of the body?
843.4 Contrast Enhancement
221.12 What are the five basic radiographic densities?
853.5 Scatter Reduction
231.13 What can happen when people are exposed to radiation?
863.6 Detector Noise and Patient Dose
241.14 How Will I know If the X-ray is of diagnostic quality?
873.7 Spatial Resolution and the Modulation Transfer Function
251.15 How can I develop a differential diagnosis?: 1.15.1 How can I Develop a Differential Diagnosis?
883.7.1 X-ray Equipment
261.16 Exercise
893.7.2 X-ray Tubes
27Chapter
903.8 X-ray Tube Operation and Rating
282 Radioactivity
913.9 The X-ray Spectrum
292.1 Structure and property of the nucleus
923.9.1 Photon Detectors
302.2 Nomenclature
933.9.2 Photographic Film
312.3 Nuclear Isotopes
943.9.3 Film Characteristics
322.3.1 Common Isotopes
953.9.4 Intensifier Screens
332.3.2 Primordial Elements
963.9.5 Electronic Photon Detectors
342.3.3 Solar and Planetary Elements
973.9.6 Ionization Photon Detectors
352.3.4 Magnetic Moments
983.9.7 Scintillation Detectors
362.3.5 Magnetic Moments
993.10 Semiconducting Solid-State Detectors
372.3.6 Basic Nuclear Structure
1003.11 The Modern X-ray CT Scanner
382.3.7 Stability
1013.11.1 The First Generation Scanner
392.3.8 Nuclear Spin
1023.11.2 Third Generation Modern Scanners
402.3.9 Nuclear Magnetism
1033.11.3 Hounsfield Units
412.3.10 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
1043.11.4 Image Artefacts in CT
422.3.11 NMR Spectrum
1053.11.5 Patient Dose and Spatial Resolution in CT
432.3.12 Fermi Theory
1063.12 Exercise
442.3.13 Nuclear Mass
107Chapter
452.4 Radioactive decay
1084 X-ray Film Reading and Interpretation
462.5 Why do nuclear reactions happen?
1094.1 Introduction
472.6 Alpha Decay
1104.2 Chest X-rays
482.7 Beta Decay
1114.3 Skull-X-rays
492.8 Gamma decay
1124.4 Spine X-rays
502.9 Characteristic X-rays
1134.5 Exercise
512.10 Nomenclature: 2.10.1 The X-ray Spectrum
114Chapter
522.11 Electron Capture
1155 Radiation Safety
532.12 Interaction of Radiation with Matter
1165.1 General Purpose Radiology
542.13 Interaction Types Photon Interactions
1175.2 What the Public Need to Know
552.14 Photoelectric interaction
1185.3 What the owner/ employer/ Radiation Safety Officer needs to know
562.15 Compton interaction
1195.4 Computed Tomography Equipment
572.15.1 Coherent Scatter
1205.4.1 Mammography
582.15.2 Pair Production
1215.4.2 Dental Radiography
592.16 Electron Interactions
1225.5 Exercise
602.17 Electron Range
123Appendix
612.18 Linear Energy Transfer
124Glossary
622.18.1 Electron Energy vs. Linear Energy Transfer
125Index
632.18.2 Positron Interactions
