Section I. Basic concepts -- ch. 1. Introduction to medical imaging -- ch. 2. Radiation and the atom -- ch. 3. Interaction of radiation with matter -- ch. 4. Computers in medical imaging -- Section II. Diagnostic radiology -- ch. 5. X-ray production, x-ray tubes, and generators -- ch. 6. Screen-film radiography -- ch. 7. Film processing -- ch. 8. Mammography -- ch. 9. Fluoroscopy -- ch. 10. Image quality -- ch. 11. Digital radiography -- ch. 12. Adjuncts to radiology -- ch. 13. Computed tomography -- ch. 14. Nuclear magnetic resonance -- ch. 15. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- ch. 16. Ultrasound -- ch. 17. Computer networks, PACS, and teleradiology -- Section III. Nuclear medicine -- ch. 18. Radioactivity and nuclear transformation -- ch. 19. Radionuclide production and radiopharmaceuticals -- ch. 20. Radiation detection and measurement -- ch. 21. Nuclear imaging : the scintillation camera -- ch. 22. Nuclear imaging : emission tomography -- Section IV. Radiation protection, dosimetry, and biology -- ch. 23. Radiation protection -- ch. 24. Radiation dosimetry of the patient -- ch. 25. Radiation biology -- Section V. Appendixes -- Appendix A. Fundamental principles of physics -- Appendix B. Physical constants, prefixes, geometry, conversion factors, and radiologic data -- Appendix C. Mass attenuation coefficients and spectra data tables -- Appendix D. Radiopharmaceutical characteristics and dosimetry -- Appendix E. Internet resources.