Introduction 1. Basic Concepts Radiodensity as a Function of Thickness Radiodensity as a Function of Composition, with Thickness Kept Constant How Roentgen Shadows Instruct You about Form Radiographs as Summation Shadowgrams 2. The Imaging Techniques Thinking Three-Dimensionally about Plain Films The Routine Posteroanterior (PA) Film PA and AP Chest Films Compared The Lateral Chest Film The Lordotic View Conventional Tomography Radiographs of Coronal Slices of a Frozen Cadaver Problems Conventional Tomograms of the Living Patient in the Coronal Plane Fluoroscopy Angiography Computed Tomography Three-Dimensional CT High-Speed (Helical or Spiral) CT and CT Angiography Ultrasound Magnetic-Resonance Imaging Radioisotope Scanning
Introduction
1. Basic Concepts
Radiodensity as a Function of Thickness Radiodensity as a Function of Composition, with Thickness Kept Constant How Roentgen Shadows Instruct You about Form Radiographs as Summation Shadowgrams
2. The Imaging Techniques
Thinking Three-Dimensionally about Plain Films The Routine Posteroanterior (PA) Film PA and AP Chest Films Compared The Lateral Chest Film The Lordotic View Conventional Tomography Radiographs of Coronal Slices of a Frozen Cadaver Problems Conventional Tomograms of the Living Patient in the Coronal Plane Fluoroscopy Angiography Computed Tomography Three-Dimensional CT High-Speed (Helical or Spiral) CT and CT Angiography Ultrasound Magnetic-Resonance Imaging Radioisotope Scanning