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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
67-1
67.1 Introduction
Medical imaging has advanced considerably since the discovery of x-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
in 18
95
. To
day,
in ad
dition
to th
e
co
ntinued
us
e
of x-
rays
fo
r
me
dical
di
agnosis,
th
ere
ar
e
im
aging
me
thods
th
at
us
e
so
und
(u
ltrasound),
ma
gnetic
e
lds
an
d
ra
dio
wa
ves
(m
agnetic
re
sonance
im
aging
[MRI]), and radionuclides (nuclear medicine). Both projection imaging and cross-sectional imaging are
ro
utinely
us
ed
cl
inically
. i
s
ch
apter
wi
ll
de
scribe
th
e
pr
inciples
be
hind
th
e
va
rious
im
aging
mo
dali-
ties
c
urrently
i
n
u
se
a
nd
t
he
v
arious
m
easurements
r
outinely
m
ade
w
ith
t
hem
.
67.2 Image Information Content
e vast majority of i ...
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