Equipment for Diagnostic Radiography

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Mains electricity supply and distribution....Pages 1-10
Diagnostic X-ray circuits....Pages 11-34
Electronic devices....Pages 35-43
Exposure timers and specialized X-ray generators....Pages 44-55
Diagnostic X-ray tubes....Pages 56-68
Tube rating and tube supports....Pages 69-84
Control of scattered radiation, X-ray tables and ‘bucky’ stands....Pages 85-100
Equipment for fluoroscopy and fluorography....Pages 101-117
Equipment for mobile, dental, accident and skull radiography....Pages 118-129
Tomography — theory and equipment....Pages 130-139
Organ (anatomatically) programmed units, automatic film changers and other specialized X-ray equipment....Pages 140-153
Care, choice and installation of equipment....Pages 154-155
Computers and microprocessors....Pages 156-161
Protection and monitoring of patients and staff....Pages 162-167
Quality assurance of diagnostic X-ray equipment....Pages 168-179
Ultrasound....Pages 180-188
Nuclear medicine....Pages 189-198
Computerized tomography....Pages 199-209
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging....Pages 210-216
Digital Radiographic Systems....Pages 217-226
Back Matter....Pages 227-235