ANALYSIS OF IMAGES AND BASICS OF DOSIMETRY

Image basics: Image formation. Analog vs digital images. Digital images fundamentals. Spatial and contrast resolution.

Medical imaging: Radiography. Computed Tomography. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Images in Clinical Nuclear Medicine.

Introduction to radiation dosimetry: Dosimetry quantities and units. Quantities and units in radiation protection. Legislation references.

Dosimetry by images: Radiochromic film dosimetry. Electronic portal imagers.

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Bushberg J.T, Seibert J.A., Leidholdt E.M. Jr., Boone J.M., "The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging", Lippinctto Williams & Wilkins, 2012, 1030

Dowsett D.J., Kenny P.A. and Johnston R. E., "The Physics of Diagnostic Imaging", CRC Press, 2006, 725 pp.

Gonzales R.C. and Woods R. E., "Elaborazione delle immagini digitali", Pearson Pertice Hall, 2008, 820 pp.

Greening J.R., "Fundamentals of Radiation Dosimetry", CRC Press, 1985, 190 pp.

Hendee W. R. and Ritenour E.R., "Medical Imaging Physics", Wiley-Liss, 2002, 512 pp.