Medical Imaging

A prize-winning medical writer offers an explanation of modern diagnostic medical imaging technologies—and the issues that result from their use and misuse. Various charts and illustrations show medical imaging modalities, Medicare medical imaging costs, distribution of imaging costs, physicians’ fees by modality, nuclear imaging probes, and medical imaging physics A glossary defines key terms necessary to understanding medical imaging technology such as “positron,” “half-life,” and “tomography,” as well as acronyms such as “MRI,”, “PET,” “SPECT,” and “CT” Presents documents including early popular science articles on X-ray technology and its abuse

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