Titre :	Medical imaging
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Harry Levine, Auteur
Editeur :	Clifornia : Greenwood
Année de publication :	2010
Collection :	Health and Medical Issues Today
Importance :	211 p.
Présentation :	couv. ill. en coul., ill.
Format :	24 cm.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-313-35969-9
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale :	35-03 Traitement d'images médicales
Résumé :	Medical Imaging describes the discovery and development of diagnostic imaging technologies, explaining how the technologies work and exploring some of the issues that such powerful and expensive technologies create. The book begins with the discovery of X-rays in 1895 and traces the history of imaging technology through today's tools, such as X-ray computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional imaging by positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The contribution of these expensive technologies to the rising cost of healthcare in the United States and the unequal distribution of imaging diagnostic facilities, particularly in developing countries, is also considered. In addition, the book explores ethical questions that have surfaced in the past, including the reportability of incidental findings during a scan and admissibility of medical images as evidence in courts of law, and such newly emerging issues as the application of imaging tools in lie detection and the mammography guidelines controversy of 2009.
Note de contenu :	Contents: Part I: History and Scientific Background of Medical Imaging Part II:Controversies in Medical Imaging - Radiation Safety and Protection - Whole-Body CT Scanning for Cancer Detection - Cost-Benefit of Medical Imaging - Accessibility of Medical Imaging in Developing Countries - Admissibility of Medical Images as Evidence in a Court of Law - Ethics of Medical Imaging - Mandatory Ultrasound Legislation - The 2009 Mammography Guidelines Controversy Part III:References and Resources - Annotated Primary Source Documents - Electromagnetic Radiation and the Atom - Medical Imaging Timeline

Medical imaging [texte imprimé] / Harry Levine, Auteur . - Clifornia : Greenwood, 2010 . - 211 p. : couv. ill. en coul., ill. ; 24 cm.. - (Health and Medical Issues Today) .
ISBN : 978-0-313-35969-9
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Index. décimale :	35-03 Traitement d'images médicales
Résumé :	Medical Imaging describes the discovery and development of diagnostic imaging technologies, explaining how the technologies work and exploring some of the issues that such powerful and expensive technologies create. The book begins with the discovery of X-rays in 1895 and traces the history of imaging technology through today's tools, such as X-ray computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional imaging by positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The contribution of these expensive technologies to the rising cost of healthcare in the United States and the unequal distribution of imaging diagnostic facilities, particularly in developing countries, is also considered. In addition, the book explores ethical questions that have surfaced in the past, including the reportability of incidental findings during a scan and admissibility of medical images as evidence in courts of law, and such newly emerging issues as the application of imaging tools in lie detection and the mammography guidelines controversy of 2009.
Note de contenu :	Contents: Part I: History and Scientific Background of Medical Imaging Part II:Controversies in Medical Imaging - Radiation Safety and Protection - Whole-Body CT Scanning for Cancer Detection - Cost-Benefit of Medical Imaging - Accessibility of Medical Imaging in Developing Countries - Admissibility of Medical Images as Evidence in a Court of Law - Ethics of Medical Imaging - Mandatory Ultrasound Legislation - The 2009 Mammography Guidelines Controversy Part III:References and Resources - Annotated Primary Source Documents - Electromagnetic Radiation and the Atom - Medical Imaging Timeline