Abstract :
This 12-chapter book provides a very good start-up guide for students, researchers, and clinicians looking for quick guidance on the technical fundamentals, molecular background, evaluation procedures, and clinical applications of well-established medical imaging modalities as well as newly emerging technologies using light or sound. This book can be divided into three well-separated parts. The first section (the two first chapters) provides an overview of the existing methods and tools for visualization and highlights some of their limitations and challenges. The second section (five chapters) describes the technology and applications of imaging modalities such as X-ray imaging, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and tracer imaging. The third section (five chapters) deals with imaging technologies using light or sound, such as fluorescence imaging, infrared and Raman imaging, biomedical sonography, and acoustic microscopy.
