Medical imaging [electronic resource] / Harry LeVine, III.
| Uniform Title: | Health and medical issues today.
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| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Greenwood,
c2010.
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| Series: | Health and medical issues today.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Before the light : history of looking inside the human body
- The relationship of the human body and disease
- First light : the discovery of X-rays
- The body in motion : fluoroscopy
- Breast cancer detection : mammography
- Three-dimensional imaging : the development of tomography
- Imaging the light from within : SPECT and PET
- Lighting up the body's own molecules : magnetic resonance imaging
- From oceans and bathtubs : diagnostic ultrasound imaging
- Shining a light within : endoscopy
- Future imaging modalities
- The digital age
- Radiation safety and protection
- Whole-body CT scanning for cancer detection
- Cost-benefit of medical imaging
- Accessibility of medical imaging in developing countries
- Admissibility of medical images as evidence in a court of law
- Ethics of medical imaging
- Mandatory ultrasound legislation
- The 2009 mammography guidelines controversy.