Overview
- Teaches the basic principles of medical imaging needed for understanding and conducting research and development in the field
- Emphasizes practical calculations for the design and evaluation of medical imaging devices
- Contains exemplary exercises, homework problems, and sample exam questions
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- RADON transform
- Medical imaging textbook
- Analytical reconstruction
- Algebraic reconstruction tomography
- X-ray and computed tomography
- Planar imaging
- Dosimetry and safety
- Radioisotopes and radioactive decay
- Signal sources
- Positron emission tomography (PET)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Ultrasound imaging
- Doppler shift
- Acoustic impedance
- Limited angle tomography
- Compressed sensing
- Basic concepts in signal processing
- Nuclear medicine
About this book
By the end of the book, readers will know what is expected from a medical image, will comprehend the issues involved in producing and assessing the quality of a medical image, will be able to conceptually implement this knowledge in the development of a new imaging modality, and will be able to write basic algorithms for image reconstruction. Knowledge of calculus, linear algebra, regular and partial differential equations, and a familiarity with the Fourier transform and it applications is expected, along with fluency with computer programming. The book contains exercises, homework problems, and sample exam questions that are exemplary of the main concepts and formulae students would encounter in a clinical setting.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
John A. Kennedy is Chief Physicist in the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel and is Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
Lana Volokh is a medical imaging and image reconstruction professional, and an expert in nuclear medicine and hybrid imaging systems and image quality assessment.
Noam Weiss, PhD, is a medical physicist researcher and an expert in X-Ray CT technology and medical image processing. She is also an adjunct lecturer at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Signals to Image
Book Subtitle: A Basic Course on Medical Imaging for Engineers
Authors: Haim Azhari, John A. Kennedy, Noam Weiss, Lana Volokh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35326-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35325-4Published: 30 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35328-5Published: 30 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35326-1Published: 29 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 474
Number of Illustrations: 112 b/w illustrations, 226 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Signal, Image and Speech Processing, Imaging / Radiology, Medical and Radiation Physics