Biomedical Imaging

Foreword

Biomedical imaging has developed from early, simple uses of X-rays for diagnosis of fractures and detection of foreign bodies into a compendium of powerful techniques, not only for patient care but also for the study of biological structure and function, and for addressing fundamental questions in biomedicine. Technological developments in digital radiography, X-ray computed tomography (CT), nuclear (including positron emission tomography (PET)), ultrasound, optical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have produced a spectrum of methods for interrogating intact 3-dimensional bodies non-invasively. A variety of new microscopies has also flourished, making use of novel phenomena such as non-linear photon interactions and the sensing ...