Description:

This proceedings of 1995 AAPM Summer School on CT and Ultrasound provides the key information and major advances in the two very important diagnostic imaging modalities of computed tomography and ultrasound. It is consisted of two patrs as follow:

Table of Contents:

Part I. Ultrasound Technology and Applications:

Physics of Ultrasound Propagation * Sound Attenuation in Tissue * Sound Scattering in Tissue * Fundamentals of Acoustic Transduction * Instrumentation for B-Mode Imaging * Principles of Doppler Imaging * Image Processing Techniques * Ultrasound Phantoms - Concepts and Construction * Acoustic Output Evaluation * Pulsed Echo Acceptance and Quality Control Testing * Acceptance Tests for Doppler and Color Flow Imaging Equipment * Ultrasound Bioeffects: The Mechanical and Thermal Indices * Ultrasound Contrast Agents * Ultrasonic Therapy * 3D and Tomographic Ultrasound * High Frequency Ultrasound Imaging

Part II. Computed Tomography Technology and Applications:

Overview of the History and Principles of CT Scanning * Computed Tomography Image Reconstruction * Data Collection Strategies: Gantries and Detectors * CT Tube Technology * Evaluating Computed Tomography Image Quality * Principles and Performance of Spiral CT * Principles and Performance of Electron Beam CT * Quality Control and Acceptance Testing of CT Systems * Performance Evaluation and Quality Control in Spiral CT * Image Artifacts, Causes, and Correction * CT Dosimetry and Radiation Safety * CT in Radiotherapy and Tomotherapy * Networking and Interfacing CT and RTP * Clinical Benefits of Spiral CT * 3D Displays for Computed Tomography * Spiral CT Angiography

Contributors Include:

Jerry Arenson - Paul Carson - Fleming Forsberg - J. Brian Fowlkes - Stanley H. Fox - Lee W. Goldman - James F. Greenleaf - Christy K. Holland - Jiang Hsieh - Kullervo Hynynen - Michael F. Insana - Peter M. Joseph - Phillip F. Judy - Willi A. Kalender - T. Rock Mackie - Cynthia H. McCollough - Sandy Napel - Lawrence Rothenberg - Lois Rutz - Christoph Suess - Kai E. Thomenius - Daniel H. Turnbull - James A. Zagzebski- Ernest Madsen- Paul L. Carson- Mitchell M. Goodsitt- Christy K. Holland- Kullervo Hynynen- Jerry Arenson- Stanley H. Fox- Frank E. Zink- Christopher Suess- Arkadiusz Polacin- Jiang Hsieh- Keith S. Pentlow- Jeffrey Siegel- Cathy Tryon