- NEW! Streamlined physics and math sections focus on the content you need to know to prepare for the ARRT exam, while also providing the background you 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 you organize information and ensure that you 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 valuable review opportunities
- Key terms are bolded and defined at first mention in the text and are included in an expanded glossary to ensure you understand key terms as they are used in discussions of important concepts
- Math formulas are highlighted in special color boxes for quick reference
- Important concepts boxes are denoted with a penguin icon
- Evolve companion website provides answers to challenge questions, answers to workbook questions, an image collection, and review questions to reinforce your understanding of key content
- Updated to reflect the latest ARRT guidelines - including latest released shielding guidelines
- Student Lab Exercise’ videos on the Evolve site to help students understand complicated experiments
- Streamlined physics and math sections with a targeted focus on necessary content that ensures student technologists are prepared to take the ARRT exam and have the background they need to perform well in the clinical environment.
Table of Contents
PART 1: RADIOLOGIC PHYSICS
1. Essential Concepts of Radiologic
2. Basic Physics Primer
3. The Structure of Matter
4. Electromagnetic Energy
PART II: X-RADIATION
5. Electricity, Magnetism, and Electromagnetism
6. The X-ray Imaging System
7. The X-Ray Tube
8. X-ray Production
9. X-Ray Emission
PART III: THE MEDICAL IMAGE
10. X-Ray Interaction with Matter
11. Imaging Science
12. Computed Radiography
13. Digital Radiography
14. Digital Radiographic Technique
PART IV: MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY
15. Image Acquisition
16. Patient-Image Optimization
17. Viewing the Medical Image
18. Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
PART V: MEDICAL IMAGE QUALITY
19. Image Perception
20. Digital Display Device
21. Medical Image Descriptors
22. Scatter Radiation
PART VI: ADVANCED MEDICAL IMAGING
23. Radiographic Artifacts
24. Mammography
25. Fluoroscopy
26. Interventional Radiology
27. Computed Tomography
28. Tomosynthesis
29. AI
PART VII: RADIOBIOLOGY
30.. Human Biology
31. Fundamental Principles of Radiobiology
32. Molecular Radiobiology
33. Cellular Radiobiology
34. Deterministic Effects of Radiation
35. Stochastic Effects of Radiation
PART VIII: RADIATION PROTECTION
36. Health Physics
37. Designing for Radiation Protection
38. Patient Radiation Dose
39. Computed Tomography Patient Radiation Dose
40. Patient Radiation Dose Management
41. Occupational Radiation
