| Instructor's preface |
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| Student preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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Introduction and overview |
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1 | (8) |
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7 | (2) |
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Fantastic voyage: fiber optics and endoscopes |
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9 | (32) |
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9 | (4) |
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Optics: the science of light |
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13 | (15) |
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Fiber optics applications in medicine: endoscopes and laparoscopes |
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28 | (7) |
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Virtual reality in the operating room |
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35 | (6) |
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37 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (3) |
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Lasers in medicine: healing with light |
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41 | (48) |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (3) |
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More on the science of light: beyond the rainbow |
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44 | (3) |
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47 | (5) |
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How light interacts with body tissues |
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52 | (3) |
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Laser beams and spatial coherence |
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55 | (4) |
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Cooking with light: photocoagulation |
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59 | (1) |
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Trade-offs in photocoagulation: power density and heat flow |
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60 | (1) |
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Cutting with light: photovaporization |
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61 | (2) |
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More power: pulsed lasers |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (2) |
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The atomic origins of absorption |
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67 | (4) |
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How selective absorption is used in laser surgery |
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71 | (3) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (3) |
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New directions: lasers in dentistry |
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79 | (1) |
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Advantages and drawbacks of lasers for medicine |
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80 | (1) |
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New directions: photodynamic therapy---killing tumors with light |
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81 | (8) |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (4) |
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Seeing with sound: diagnostic ultrasound imaging |
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89 | (58) |
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89 | (3) |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (1) |
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97 | (3) |
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How to produce ultrasound |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (5) |
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Ultrasound scanner design |
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108 | (6) |
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Ultrasound is absorbed by the body |
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114 | (4) |
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Limitations of ultrasound: image quality and artifacts |
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118 | (6) |
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How safe is ultrasound imaging? |
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124 | (3) |
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Obstetrical ultrasound imaging |
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127 | (4) |
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Echocardiography: ultrasound images of the heart |
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131 | (1) |
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Origins of the Doppler effect |
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132 | (4) |
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Using the Doppler effect to measure blood flow |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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New directions: three-dimensional ultrasound |
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138 | (9) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (5) |
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X-ray vision: diagnostic x-rays and CT scans |
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147 | (60) |
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147 | (3) |
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Diagnostic x-rays: the body's x-ray shadow |
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150 | (1) |
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Types of x-ray interactions with matter |
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151 | (5) |
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Basic issues in x-ray image formation |
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156 | (7) |
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Contrast media make soft tissues visible on an x-ray |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (7) |
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173 | (6) |
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Mammography: x-ray screening for breast cancer |
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179 | (6) |
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Image arithmetic: digital radiography |
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185 | (4) |
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189 | (9) |
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Application: spotting brittle bones---bone mineral scans for osteoporosis |
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198 | (9) |
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201 | (1) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (4) |
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Images from radioactivity: radionuclide scans, SPECT, and PET |
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207 | (33) |
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Introduction: radioactivity and medicine |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (3) |
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Radioactivity fades with time: the concept of half-lives |
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211 | (5) |
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216 | (7) |
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Emission tomography with radionuclides: SPECT and PET |
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223 | (9) |
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Application: emission computed tomography studies of the brain |
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232 | (8) |
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237 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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237 | (3) |
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Radiation therapy and radiation safety in medicine |
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240 | (36) |
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240 | (1) |
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Measuring radioactivity and radiation |
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241 | (5) |
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Origins of the biological effects of ionizing radiation |
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246 | (7) |
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The two regimes of radiation damage: radiation sickness and cancer risk |
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253 | (9) |
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Radiation therapy: killing tumors with radiation |
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262 | (9) |
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New directions in radiation therapy |
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271 | (5) |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (2) |
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Magnetic resonance imaging |
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276 | (48) |
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276 | (3) |
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279 | (5) |
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284 | (9) |
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Contrast mechanisms for MRI |
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293 | (5) |
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298 | (6) |
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304 | (5) |
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309 | (3) |
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312 | (2) |
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314 | (1) |
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315 | (2) |
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Mapping body chemistry with MR spectroscopy |
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317 | (1) |
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Brain mapping and functional MRI |
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317 | (7) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (2) |
| Index |
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