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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