TY - BOOK AU - Seeram,Euclid TI - CT at a glance SN - 9781118660904 (pbk.) : AV - RC78.7.T6 S3715 2018 U1 - 616.0757 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Tomography N1 - Includes index; At a glance series; Computed tomography : an overview -- Major components of a CT scanner -- How CT scanners work -- Data acquisition principles -- X-ray tubes and generator technologies -- X-ray beam filtration and collimation -- Essential physics : radiation attenuation -- Attenuation measurements and CT numbers -- Types of detectors -- CT image reconstruction basics -- CT image display and storage -- CT and picture archiving and communication systems -- CT image post-processing -- Multislice CT (MSCT)-slip ring technology -- Msct-data acquisition : detector configuration and collimation -- Msct-image reconstruction basics -- MSCT-selectable scan parameters -- Image quality factors -- Spatial resolution -- Low-contrast resolution -- Noise -- Artifacts -- CT dose optimization -- Quality control fundamentals N2 - This title gets readers quickly up to speed with the core knowledge and competencies required for computed tomography (CT) scanning, as established by the major radiography organisations around the world, including the ASRT and the CAMRT ER -