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cover image - Radiologic Science for Technologists Elsevier eBook on VitalSource,12th Edition
ISBN: 9780323790307
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 12-09-2020
Page Count: 608
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $125.99

Radiologic Science for Technologists Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 12th Edition

by Stewart C. Bushong, ScD, FAAPM, FACR

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Radiologic Science for Technologists Elsevier eBook on VitalSource,12th Edition
ISBN: 9780323790307
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 12-09-2020
Page Count: 608
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $125.99
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Teach your students the skills needed to produce diagnostic-quality medical images! Radiologic Science for Technologists: Physics, Biology, and Protection, 12th 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. New to this edition are all-digital images and the latest radiation protection standards and units of measurement. Ideal for use in core curriculum courses, this text will prepare your students for success on the ARRT® certification exam and in imaging practice.

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ISBN: 9780323765381
    • NEW! Updated content reflects the newest curriculum standards outlined by the ARRT® and ASRT.
    • NEW! All images are digital, following current radiology practice.
    • NEW! Updated radiation protection standards and units of measurement are incorporated throughout the text.
    • NEW! Streamlined physics and math sections focus on the essential content to ensure student technologists are prepared to take the ARRT® exam and have the background needed to perform well in the clinical environment.
    • NEW! Increased alignment of chapter objectives with the ASRT core curriculum helps students focus on need-to-know content in preparation for the Registry exam and for clinical success.
    • Broad coverage of radiologic science topics includes radiologic physics, imaging, radiobiology, and radiation protection, with special topics including mammography, fluoroscopy, spiral computed tomography, and cardiovascular interventional procedures.
    • Objectives, outlines, chapter introductions, and summaries organize information and emphasize the most important concepts in every chapter.
    • Formulas, conversion tables, and abbreviations provide a quick reference for frequently used information, and math equations are always followed by sample problems with direct clinical application.
    • Key terms are bolded and defined at first mention in the text, with each bolded term included in the expanded glossary.
    • Math formulas are highlighted in special shaded boxes for quick reference.
    • Penguin icons in shaded boxes represent important facts or bits of information that must be learned to understand the subject.
    • End-of-chapter questions help students review the material with definition exercises, short-answer questions, and calculations.
    • Evolve instructor resources include an image collection, a test bank with more than 900 questions, and PowerPoint® chapter lectures with approximately 300 slides, plus student resources of answers to challenge questions, answers to workbook questions, an image collection, and new student review questions.
    • Student workbook reinforces understanding with worksheets that complement the content covered in the text. Available separately.
    • NEW! Updated content reflects the newest curriculum standards outlined by the ARRT® and ASRT.
    • NEW! All images are digital, following current radiology practice.
    • NEW! Updated radiation protection standards and units of measurement are incorporated throughout the text.
    • NEW! Streamlined physics and math sections focus on the essential content to ensure student technologists are prepared to take the ARRT® exam and have the background needed to perform well in the clinical environment.
    • NEW! Increased alignment of chapter objectives with the ASRT core curriculum helps students focus on need-to-know content in preparation for the Registry exam and for clinical success.
  • PART 1: 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: THE MEDICAL IMAGE
    11. Imaging Science
    12. Computed Radiography
    13. Digital Radiography
    14. Digital Radiographic Technique
    15. Image Acquisition
    16. Patient-Image Optimization
    PART IV: MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY
    17. Viewing the Medical Image
    18. Picture Archiving and Communication System
    PART V: MEDICAL IMAGE QUALITY
    19. Image Perception
    20. Digital Display Device
    21. Medical Image Descriptors
    22. Scatter Radiation
    23. Radiographic Artifacts
    PART VI: ADVANCED MEDICAL IMAGING
    24. Mammography
    25. Fluoroscopy
    26. Interventional Radiology
    27. Computed Tomography
    28. Tomosynthesis
    PART VII: RADIOBIOLOGY
    29. Human Biology
    30. Fundamental Principles of Radiobiology
    31. Molecular Radiobiology
    32. Cellular Radiobiology
    33. Deterministic Effects of Radiation
    34. Stochastic Effects of Radiation
    PART VIII: RADIATION PROTECTION
    35. Health Physics
    36. Designing for Radiation Protection
    37. Radiography/Fluoroscopy Patient Radiation Dose
    38. Computed Tomography Patient Radiation Dose
    39. Patient Radiation Dose Management
    40. Occupational Radiation Dose Management
  • Stewart C. Bushong, ScD, FAAPM, FACR, Professor of Radiologic Science, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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