Prepare for success on the boards with this state-of-the-art review of radiologic physics! Each chapter offers a concise outline of the information you need to know today. Original diagrams make complex concepts easy to understand and more than 550 multiple-choice questions, with answers and explanations, allow you to test your understanding of the full range of topics. Plus, a bonus CD-ROM bound in the back of every book contains over 1,800 slides of supplementary review material.

1. Properties of X-rays 2. The X-ray Tube 3. X-ray Tube Heat Loading Characteristics 4. X-ray Production 5. X-ray Equipment Electronics 6. X-ray Interactions with Matter 7. X-ray Filters 8. Collimators & Grids 9. Intensifying Screens 10. Film Characteristics, Film Processing & Film Quality Control 11. Computers in Radiology 12. CR, DR and PACS 13. Image Quality 14. Radiation Doses & Safety 15. Radiation Biology Summary 16. Fluoroscopy Systems 17. Mammography 18. CT Scanners 19. Ultrasound 20. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 21. Nuclear Medicine Physics