Main description:

Prepare for success in the ARRT exam and in your career as a radiographer! Essentials of Radiographic Physics and Imaging provides the right amount of information to help you succeed in exams and in the practice of radiography. The text clearly explains the principles of physics, then covers radiation production and characteristics, imaging equipment, film screen image acquisition and processing, digital image acquisition and display, image analysis, and basic principles of computed tomography. Emphasizing practical information, expert authors James N. Johnston and Terri L. Fauber cover all the topics on the ARRT examination and provide easy-to-understand guidelines on how to produce high-quality radiographic images.

Contents:

1. Introduction to the Imaging Sciences

Section I: Principles of Radiation Physics

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 Characteristics

10. Radiographic Exposure Technique

11. Scatter Control

12. Image Receptors

Section III: Specialized Radiographic Equipment

13. Automatic Exposure Control (AEC)

14. Image Intensified Fluoroscopy

15. Additional Equipment

16. Computed Tomography

Glossary of Key Terms