5. Slices of Life: Computed Tomography (CT)

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Wolbarst, Anthony Brinton. "5. Slices of Life: Computed Tomography (CT)". Looking Within: How X-Ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, and Other Medical Images Are Created, and How They Help Physicians Save Lives, edited by Anthony Brinton Wolbarst, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999, pp. 93-110. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520920231-007

Wolbarst, A. (1999). 5. Slices of Life: Computed Tomography (CT). In A. Wolbarst (Ed.), Looking Within: How X-Ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, and Other Medical Images Are Created, and How They Help Physicians Save Lives (pp. 93-110). Berkeley: University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520920231-007

Wolbarst, A. 1999. 5. Slices of Life: Computed Tomography (CT). In: Wolbarst, A. ed. Looking Within: How X-Ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, and Other Medical Images Are Created, and How They Help Physicians Save Lives. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 93-110. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520920231-007

Wolbarst, Anthony Brinton. "5. Slices of Life: Computed Tomography (CT)" In Looking Within: How X-Ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, and Other Medical Images Are Created, and How They Help Physicians Save Lives edited by Anthony Brinton Wolbarst, 93-110. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520920231-007

Wolbarst A. 5. Slices of Life: Computed Tomography (CT). In: Wolbarst A (ed.) Looking Within: How X-Ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, and Other Medical Images Are Created, and How They Help Physicians Save Lives. Berkeley: University of California Press; 1999. p.93-110. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520920231-007

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Frontmatter I
Contents VII
Acknowledgments IX
Preface XI
1. From the Watching of Shadows 1
2. Shadows on X-Ray Film: Radiography / Mammography 27
3. Shadows on Television, Live: Fluoroscopy 53
4. Shadows in Computers: Going Digital 71
5. Slices of Life: Computed Tomography (CT) 93
6. Like Embers in the Dark: Nuclear Medicine 111
7. Shadows from Echoes: Ultrasound 129
8. A Watery Mirror: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 143
9. Epilogue: Looking Forward 169
Appendix A. Protons, Photons, and All That: A Brief Review of Atoms and Radiation 177
Appendix B. More about MRI: T1 and Proton Spin Relaxation 183
Notes 197
Suggestions for Further Reading 199
Index 201
About the Author 207

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Contents VII
Acknowledgments IX
Preface XI
1. From the Watching of Shadows 1
2. Shadows on X-Ray Film: Radiography / Mammography 27
3. Shadows on Television, Live: Fluoroscopy 53
4. Shadows in Computers: Going Digital 71
5. Slices of Life: Computed Tomography (CT) 93
6. Like Embers in the Dark: Nuclear Medicine 111
7. Shadows from Echoes: Ultrasound 129
8. A Watery Mirror: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 143
9. Epilogue: Looking Forward 169
Appendix A. Protons, Photons, and All That: A Brief Review of Atoms and Radiation 177
Appendix B. More about MRI: T1 and Proton Spin Relaxation 183
Notes 197
Suggestions for Further Reading 199
Index 201
About the Author 207

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