Includes index.

An Introduction to Radiographic Science -- Basic Physics for Radiography -- Unit Conversions and Help with Math -- The Atom -- Electromagnetic Waves -- Magnetism and Electrostatics -- Electrodynamics -- X-Ray Machine Circuits and Generators -- The X-Ray Tube -- X-Ray Production -- Creation of the Radiographic Image -- Production of Subject Contrast -- Visibility Qualities of the Image -- Geometrical Qualities of the Image -- Milliampere-Seconds (mAs) -- Kilovoltage-Peak (kVp) -- Generators and Filtration -- Field Size Limitation -- Patient Condition, Pathology, and Contrast Agents -- \Scattered Radiation and Grids -- The Anode Bevel and Focal Spot -- \Source-to-Image Receptor Distance (SID) -- OID and Distance Ratios -- Alignment and Motion -- Analyzing the Latent Radiographic Image -- Simplifying and Standardizing Technique -- Using Automatic Exposure Controls (AEC) -- Computer Basics -- Creating the Digital Image -- Digital Image Preprocessing -- Digital Image Postprocessing -- Postprocessing Operations in Practice -- Applying Radiographic Technique to Digital Imaging -- Capturing the Digital Image: DR and CR -- Display Systems and Electronic Images -- Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) -- Mobile Radiography and Tomography -- Fluoroscopy and Digital Fluoroscopy and Digital Fluoroscopy -- Quality Control -- Radiation Perspectives -- Radiation Units and Measurement -- Radiation Biology: Cellular Effects -- Radiation Biology: Organism Effects -- Radiation Protection: Procedures and Policies.An introduction to radiographic science -- Basic physics for radiography -- Unit conversions and help with math -- The atom -- Electromagnetic waves -- Magnetism and electrostatics -- Electrodynamics -- X-ray machine circuits and generators -- The X-ray tube -- X-ray production -- Creation of the radiographic image -- Production of subject contrast -- Visibility qualities of the image -- Geometrical qualities of the image -- Milliampere-seconds (mAs) -- Kilovoltage-peak (kVp) -- Generators and filtration -- Field size limitation -- Patient condition, pathology, and contrast agents -- Scattered radiation and grids -- The anode bevel and focal spot -- Source-to-image receptor distance (SID) -- OID and distance ratios -- Alignment and motion -- Analyzing the latent radiographic image -- Simplifying and standardizing technique -- Using automatic exposure controls (AEC) -- Computer basics -- Creating the digital image -- Digital image preprocessing -- Digital image postprocessing -- Postprocessing operations in practice -- Applying radiographic technique to digital imaging -- Capturing the digital image : DR and CR -- Display systems and electronic images -- Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) -- Mobile radiography and tomography -- Fluoroscopy and digital fluoroscopy -- Quality control -- Radiation perspectives -- Radiation units and measurement -- Radiation biology : cellular effects -- Radiation biology : organism effects -- Radiation protection : procedures and policies.