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- UPDATED! Content reflects the newest standards outlined by the ARRT and ASRT, providing you with the information you needed to pass the boards.
- Chapter Review Questions at the end of every chapter allow you to evaluate how well you have mastered the material in each chapter.
- Critical Thinking Questions at the end of every chapter offer opportunity for review and greater challenge.
- Critical Concept boxes further explain and emphasize key points in the chapters.
- Radiation Protection callout boxes help you understand the ethical obligations to minimize radiation dosages, shielding, time and distance, how to limit the field of exposure and what that does to minimize dose, and technical factors and how they affect the primary beam and image quality.
- More than 400 photos and line drawings encourage you to visualize important concepts.
- Strong pedagogy, including chapter objectives, key terms, outlines, bulleted chapter summaries, and specialty boxes, help you to organize information and focus on what is most important in each chapter.
- An emphasis on the practical information highlights just what you need to know to ace the ARRT exam and become a competent practitioner.
- Numerous critique exercises teach you how to evaluate the quality of radiographic images and determine which factors produce poor images.
New to this Edition:- NEW! A shift in focus to SI units aligns with international system of measurement.
- UPDATED Information regarding radiation classifications helps you to understand radiation levels.
- NEW! Inclusion of advances in digital imaging helps familiarize you with state-of-the-art images.
- NEW and UPDATED! Expanded Digital Fluoroscopy chapter, familiarizes you with the equipment you will encounter.
Table of ContentsSection I: Principles of Radiation Physics- 1. Introduction to the Imaging Sciences
- 2. Structure of the Atom
- 3. Electromagnetic and Particulate Radiation
- 4. The X-ray Circuit
- 5. The X-Ray Tube
- 6. X-Ray Production
- 7. X-Ray Interactions with Matter
Section II: Image Production and Evaluation- 8. Image Production
- 9. Image Quality and Characteristics
- 10.Digital Image Receptors
- 11.Radiographic Exposure Technique
- 12.Scatter Control
- 13.Exposure Technique Selection
- 14.Film-Screen Imaging
Section III: Specialized Radiographic Equipment- 15. Additional Equipment
- 16. Computed Tomography
- Glossary
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