The fundamentals of X-ray diagnostics

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Table of Contents

• 1 The Fundamental Interactions between X-rays and Matter
• 2 X-ray Sources
  • 2.1 Radioactive Isotopes
  • 2.2 The X-ray Tube
• 3 X-ray detectors
  • 3.1 X-ray detection with films
  • 3.2 Fluorescent screens
  • 3.3 X-ray detection with sctintillators
• 4 Elements of radiology imaging
• 5 Data Acquisition for Computed Tomography (CT)
• 6 Cone-beam CT
  • 6.1 Abbreviations
  • 6.2 Introduction (Cone-Beam CT)
  • 6.3 Structure of the Cone-beam CT
  • 6.4 Data acquisition and processing
  • 6.5 Reconstruction
  • 6.6 Image quality parameters
  • 6.7 Dose of the cone-beam CT
  • 6.8 Possible applications
  • 6.9 The future of the cone-beam CT
  • 6.10 References (cone-beam CT)
• 7 References (X-ray diagnostics)