Faculty of Science

Objectives

To understand the physical principles, the instrumentation and the optimisation of imaging systems used in diagnostic radiology.

Contents

Contrast, noise, signal-to-noise ratio, detective quantum efficiency, resolution, point-spread function, modulation-transfer function, Rose model, X-ray generators in radiology, Radiation yield and spectrum, Effects of photoelectric and Compton interactions upon image contrast, Treatment of Compton scatter with tissue, Methods of controlling scattered radiation, Radiographic grids, Physics of image formation, H & D curve, Large area optical properties of screen-film combinations, Modulation transfer function, Quantum noise and granularity, Image intensifiers, Medical pickup tubes, Sampling and digitization, Detective quantum efficiency, Resolution; Physics of photostimulable plates, Physics of direct conversion detectors, Mammography, fluoroscopy, digital radiography, digital subtraction angiography, Wave propagation and interaction with tissue, Acoustic radiation fields, Theory of image generation; Single and multi element transducers, Doppler principles, Fourier transforms; Image reconstruction techniques: iterative, filtered back projection; Design considerations.