RT X-Ray Physics Review

Walter Huda, Kerry Greene-Donnelly

• Publisher: Medical Physics Publishing
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN: 9781930524750

Designed to help the Radiologic Technologist prepare for the Physics component of the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) examination. This book only addresses 60% of the AART examination that is directly related to Physics, the material that gives most students the greatest difficulty. Key aspects of RT X-Ray Physics Review are: - Comprehensive Content: Identifies the important Physics facts that all students need to know to pass the Radiation Protection, Equipment Operation & Quality Control, Image Production & Evaluation sections' component of the AART examination. - Organization: Presents the material in 15 chapters subdivided into four or five major topics to facilitate reading and understanding, with explanatory tables and figures in each topic. - Questions: Includes 450 questions, 30 pertaining to each of 15 chapters, and two comprehensive tests of 100 questions each at the end of the book. Answers provided. - Appendixes: Useful tables of radiologic quantities and units. Comprehensive Radiological Physics bibliography.

Table of contents

• Front matter
• CHAPTER 1: MATTER AND RADIATION
• CHAPTER 2: PHYSICS LAWS
• CHAPTER 3: X-RAY PRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 4: X-RAY INTERACTIONS
• CHAPTER 5: X-RAY TUBES
• CHAPTER 6: DETECTING X-RAYS
• CHAPTER 7: ANALOG AND DIGITAL IMAGES
• CHAPTER 8: PROJECTION RADIOGRAPHY
• CHAPTER 9: FLUOROSCOPY
• CHAPTER 10: COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
• CHAPTER 11: RADIATION DOSIMETRY
• CHAPTER 12: IMAGE QUALITY
• CHAPTER 13: QUALITY CONTROL
• CHAPTER 14: RADIATION BIOLOGY
• CHAPTER 15: RADIATION PROTECTION
• TEST A
• TEST B
• APPENDIXES
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• About the Authors