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Medical imaging - seeing inside the human body

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Feb2010 (Volume) 22 (Number) 3
Medium (Periodical) Biological Sciences Review.
Classif 570 BIO
Subject Medical imaging
Page 2-6
Authors Kwan, Alvin
Contents

This article reviews the scientific basis of some of the most commonly employed imaging techniques in medicine and shows how the ability to look inside the body has shaped the advancement of clinical science.

Keywords
Magnetic Resonance Imaging     Medical imaging     MRI     PET     Positron Emission Tomography     Radiography     Ultrasound     X-rays