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Medical imaging

David W Townsend and David Townsend · CERN

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Since the introduction of the X-ray scanner into radiology almost 25 years ago, non-invasive imaging has become firmly established as an essential tool in the diagnosis of disease. Fully three-dimensional imaging of internal organs is now possible, b and for studies which explore the functional status of the body. Powerful techniques to correlate anatomy and function are available, and scanners which combine anatomical and functional imaging in a single device are under development. Such techniques have been made possible through r ecent technological and mathematical advances. This series of lectures will review both the physical basis of medical imaging techniques using X-rays, gamma and positron emitting radiosiotopes, and nuclear magnetic resonance, and the mathematical methods used to reconstruct three-dimentional distributions from projection data. The lectures will trace the development of medical imaging from simple radiographs to the present-day non-invasive measurement of in vivo biochemistry. They will be aimed at non-specialists with a scientific background and all techniques will be extensively illustrated with appropriate examples of medical images..

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The talk

  1. Medical imaging 1996-04-15 · 59 min · CERN's player

Credits and licence

Institution
CERN
Department
CERN Academic Training Lecture,325
Taught by
David W Townsend, David Townsend
Year
1996
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Medicine and health
Source
CERN
Licence
CERN, as CERN states it. CERN's terms
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