(Targeted to postgraduate students of medical physics and radiology, appearing for MSc, DMRD, MD, DNB and FRCR examinations)
K Thayalan MSc DipRp (BARC) MPhil PhD FUICC FIMSA FUSI
Professor (Retd), Madras Medical College Head, Medical Physics Division and Medical Cyclotron Facility Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Foreword R Ravichandran
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The Physics of Radiology and Imaging
First Edition: 2014
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5FOREWORD
- Dr. Ramamoorthy Ravichandran
- m.sc, dip.r.p, ph.d (biophysics), ficnm, fimsa, ficro, mcmpi
- Expert Medical Physicist
- Department of Radiotherapy
- National Oncology Center
- (Formerly Professor and HOD, Radiation Physics, KMIO, India)
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It is a great privilege to me for writing the foreword to this book ‘The Physics of Radiology and Imaging’ written by Professor Dr K Thayalan, Former Professor and Head of the Department of Radiology Physics, Barnard Institute of Radiology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India. Dr K Thayalan has vast experience in teaching Medical Physics of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine. He authored many textbooks earlier relating to radiological physics and radiological safety; they are being considered as reference books in many institutions and universities.
There has been a long-felt need for comprehensive textbook in the field of physics applied to medical imaging, for medical postgraduates in radiology, medical physicists and technologists, and this book meets the requirement.
This book is a quintessence of basic and applied physics thoroughly explaining principles of physics of computed and digital radiography, image intensifier fluoroscopy, mammography, ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. All the chapters are well laid out with good explanations and illustrations. Fundamentals have been brought out in a unique way for easy assimilation into memory of teachers and students. Explanations on image resolution, contrast, artifacts on different modalities are very vivid and nice for good understanding of the complex details.
It was a real pleasure for me to go through the entire contents to write this foreword and readers will agree with me that all details looked for relating to physics of imaging is available in this book. I am sure that this book will be referred globally in the field of medical imaging, helping the residents of FRCR (UK) and MD postgraduates of different universities in India.
Radiation has been used in medicine since from the discovery of X-rays in 1895 by the German physicist WC Roentgen. Over the period, its application has grown enormously and it is used today in the form of radiography, fluoroscopy, mammography and computed tomography. Non-radiation tools are also competing in medicine in the form of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. These tools not only provide early differential diagnosis of the disease but also improve the accuracy of clinical diagnosis. The uniqueness of the above tools is that they all work on the basis of physics principle.
Understanding the physics of the above instruments is very much essential, for those connected with radiological sciences. It helps not only the education, but also the equipment selection, its optimal use, maintenance, and safety. Hence, an attempt is made to explain the physical principle, instrumentation, function, its application and limitations in the form of a single book. Attempt is also made to incorporate nuclear imaging and radiological safety in the same book. Large numbers of figures and tables are incorporated wherever it is necessary, for better understanding of the concept. This book is intended for postgraduate students of medical physics, diagnostic radiology, Diplomate National Board (DNB), and FRCR. This is the first book of its kind from an Indian author, giving single solution for the entire range of radiology and imaging equipment.
I am very proud and happy to come out with this book, incorporating my three decades of experience in radiological/medical physics teaching. I am very happy and thankful to Dr R Ravichandran for writing the foreword to this book. I am also thankful to M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi, for publishing this book as usual in a neat and elegant manner. Constructive comments are invited from the readers for the future betterment of the book.
I am very much thankful to my wife Tamilselvi, son Parthiban and daughter Kayal Vizhi for their support and cooperation during the book writing process.
I thank and acknowledge Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospital, Chennai, especially the medical physics division for the support and assistance.
K Thayalan