cover image - Bushong’s Radiologic Science for Technologists - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition
ISBN: 9780323765381
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 04-17-2025
Page Count: 608
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $127.99

Bushong’s Radiologic Science for Technologists - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition

by Stewart C. Bushong, ScD, FAAPM, FACR and Elizabeth Shields, MHA, RT(R)

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Bushong’s Radiologic Science for Technologists - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition
ISBN: 9780323765381
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 04-17-2025
Page Count: 608
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $127.99
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Teach your students the skills needed to produce diagnostic-quality medical images! Bushong’s Radiologic Science for Technologists, 13th Edition, provides a solid foundation in the concepts of medical imaging and digital radiography. Featuring hundreds of radiographs and illustrations, this comprehensive text helps students learn how to make informed decisions regarding technical factors, image quality, and radiation safety for both patients and providers. With updates reflecting the latest ARRT® guidelines, including shielding practices and streamlined physics and math sections focused on key concepts, this edition equips student radiographers with the knowledge needed to succeed on the certification exam and excel in clinical settings.
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    • NEW! Chapters on artificial intelligence and quantum computing help ensure students stay abreast of key technological changes.
    • NEW! Streamlined physics and math sections focus on the content student technologists need to know to prepare for the ARRT exam, while also providing the background they need to perform well in the clinical environment
    • UPDATED! Content reflects the latest ARRT guidelines, including the latest released shielding guidelines
    • Broad coverage of radiologic science topics includes radiologic physics, imaging, radiobiology, and radiation protection. Special topics include mammography, fluoroscopy, spiral computed tomography, and cardiovascular interventional procedures
    • Strong pedagogy, including objectives, key terms, outlines, chapter introductions, and summaries, helps students organize information and ensure that they understand what is most important in every chapter.
    • Quick-reference information, including formulas, conversion tables, abbreviations, and more, provides easy access to frequently used information
    • End-of-chapter questions, such as definition exercises, short answer, and calculations, offer students valuable review opportunities
    • Key terms are bolded and defined at first mention in the text and are included in an expanded glossary to ensure students understand key terms as they are used in discussions of important concepts
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  • PART I: RADIOLOGIC PHYSICS
    1. Essential Concepts of Radiologic Science
    2. Basic Physics Primer
    3. The Structure of Matter
    4. Electromagnetic Energy
    5. Electricity, Magnetism, and Electromagnetism

    PART II: X-RADIATION
    6. The X-ray Imaging System
    7. The X-ray Tube
    8. X-ray Production
    9. X-ray Emission
    10. X-ray Interaction With Matter

    PART III: X-RAY IMAGING
    11. Computed Radiography
    12. Digital Radiography
    13. Digital Radiographic Technique
    14. Image Acquisition
    15. Scatter Radiation
    16. Digital Image Descriptors and Evaluation
    17. Radiographic Artifacts

    PART IV: ADVANCED MEDICAL IMAGING
    18. Mammography
    19. Fluoroscopy
    20. Interventional Radiology
    21. Computed Tomography
    22. Tomosynthesis

    PART V: MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY
    23. Patient-Image Optimization
    24. Viewing the Medical Image
    25. Medical Image Informatics
    26. Digital Display Device

    PART VI: THE MEDICAL IMAGE
    27. Imaging Science
    28. Artificial Intelligence
    29. Quantum Computing
    30. Image Perception

    PART VII: RADIOBIOLOGY
    31. Human Biology
    32. Fundamental Principles of Radiobiology
    33. Molecular Radiobiology
    34. Cellular Radiobiology
    35. Deterministic Effects of Radiation
    36. Stochastic Effects of Radiation

    PART VIII: RADIATION PROTECTION
    37. Health Physics
    38. Designing for Radiation Protection
    39. Radiography/Fluoroscopy Patient Radiation Dose
    40. Computed Tomography Patient Radiation Dose
    41. Patient Radiation Dose Management
    42. Occupational Radiation Dose Management
  • Stewart C. Bushong, ScD, FAAPM, FACR, Professor of Radiologic Science, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA and Elizabeth Shields, MHA, RT(R), Program Director, Radiologic Technology Program, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, USA
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