Radiologic Science for Technologists Physics, Biology and Protection (Hardcover)

by Stewart C. Bushong ScD FACR FACMP (Author), Stewart Bushong (Author)

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Ideal for both practitioners and radiography students preparing for the ARRT certification exam

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This up-to-date textbook is designed to convey a working knowledge of radiologic science, providing a base from which radiographers can make informed decisions about technical factors and diagnostic image quality in the workplace. Its unique, full-color design highlights important concepts and makes content easy to understand. User-friendly features, clearly written content, and up-to-date material makes this resource ideal for both practitioners and radiography students preparing for the ARRT certification exam. Instructor resources are available; please contact your Elsevier sales representative for details. * Broad coverage of topics in radiologic science includes radiologic physics, imaging, radiobiology, and radiation protection - as well as special topics in imaging such as mammography, fluoroscopy, spiral computed tomography, and cardiovascular interventional procedures. * Vibrant, full-color design highlights learning features, math formulas, and key definitions and concepts by focusing attention on important information and making it easy to review content and formulas. * Objectives, key terms, outlines, chapter introductions and summaries help students organize and understand information. * Quick reference information (formulas, conversion tables, abbreviations, etc.) is printed on colored end sheets for easy access to frequently used information. * End-of-chapter questions provide opportunities for students to review and assess what they've learned, using definition exercises, short answer, and calculations. * Special icons designate Math Formulas boxes and Important Concepts boxes to highlight and emphasize the most important information or mathematical formulas as they appear in the chapters.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 8 edition (May 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323025552
• ISBN-13: 978-0323025553
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,716 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Radiologic Sciences for the Technologist, April 6, 2000

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This review is from: Radiologic Science for Technologists: Physics, Biology, and Protection (Hardcover)

This book has an excellent review for basic math, scientific notation and basic concepts of radiation science. The difficulty that I have experienced with this book is the numerous mistakes(often pointed out by the students) as well as the minimal explanations to the problems presented. This should not be an exclusive text for radiology students but is a good supplemental text because it does have a good accompanying workbook.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good flow but many mistakes, January 5, 2009

By	S. Ferenc (Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Radiologic Science for Technologists: Physics, Biology, and Protection (Radiologic Science for Technologists: Phys, Biol & Protectio) (Hardcover)

I just finished a college course in Radiologic Physics using this book. Each chapter's information and formulas build upon the previous chapter, and I found the flow of information easy to follow. The examples problems were helpful (sometimes) to make the author's point. But, thats where the problem lies with this book. The example problems had too many mathmatical mistakes or misprints. In one chapter the author kept switching the variable "L" with "1" within the same problem. Most other problems were either missing steps or the math was just wrong. I would spend twenty minutes on an example trying to figure out how they got an answer and finally would either just move on or come up with my own answer and verify it with the instructor the next class. For a book in its 9th Ed., someone should have caught these mistakes long ago. Each chapter had at least two, to as many as six mistakes. While there is good information in this book and great diagrams and charts as to how X-rays are produced, example problems make this book average instead of good. (Definitely buy the workbook if you purchase this book).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Radiologic technology rocks, April 5, 2000

By	sarah "sjcofer" (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Radiologic Science for Technologists: Physics, Biology, and Protection (Hardcover)

Radiologic science for tecnologists? Hmmm, thats a long title! Well this book is very informative for those of us in the profession. It deals with Radiation Physics, going into great detail about each individual formula, giving the student a well rounded view of Radiologic Science. This book teaches the average Tech to control their exposure limits while still achieving quality images. I give this book 2 thumbs up