Main description:

by Professor J. H. Middlemiss, Department of Radiodiagnosis, The Medical School, University of Bristol This book, for so long and so deservedly, has been a favourite and reliable guide for any person undergoing training in diagnostic radiology whether that person be doctor or technician. This new, largely re-written edition is even more comprehen sive. And yet throughout the book simplicity of presentation is maintained. Professor G. J. van der Plaats has been well known to radiologists in the English speaking world for more than three decades. He has been, and still is, respected by them for his vision, his thoroughness, determination and meticulous attention to detail and for his unremitting enthusiasm. The standard of radiography in the Netherlands throughout this period has been recognised as being of the highest quality, and this has, in no small measure, been due to the pattern set by Professor van der Plaats and his colleagues.

Contents:

1 Discovery and production of X-rays; construction and function of the X-ray tube.- 2 Formation and properties of X-rays.- 3 Dosimetry, radiation hazards and protective measures.- 4 Methods of image formation and laws of projection.- 5 Sharpness and unsharpness.- 6 Contrast.- 7 Perceptibility of detail in the radiographic image; Image quality.- 8 Properties of fluoroscopic screens, radiographic films, intensifying screens and cassettes.- 9 Image intensification and X-ray television.- 10 Processing technique.- 11 Fluoroscopy and radiographic technique in general.- 12 Special radiographic techniques.- 13 Radiographic examinations using contrast media.- 14 Exposure, exposure tables, automatic density control.- 15 Diagnostic X-ray apparatus.- 16 Diagnostic stands and accessories.