Physics and imaging technology: x-ray

Knowledge of the physics and imaging technology involved in the production of x-rays is vitally important for medical imaging specialists.

See also

• physics and imaging technology: x-ray
• physics and imaging technology: ultrasound
• physics and imaging technology: CT
• physics and imaging technology: MRI
• physics and imaging technology: nuclear medicine

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Physics and imaging technology: x-ray

• x-rays
  • x-ray production
    • cathode
      • thermionic emission
      • filament circuit
      • space charge effect
    • anode
      • focal spot
      • anode angle
      • heel effect
      • off focus radiation
    • line focus principle
    • radiographic distortion
    • x-ray spectrum
      • bremsstrahlung
      • characteristic x-ray
    • kilovoltage peak
    • milliamperage-seconds (mAs)
  • x-ray tubes
  • tube rating
  • interaction with matter​
    • Compton effect
    • photoelectric effect
    • pair production
    • coherent scattering
  • filters
    • compensating filter
  • beam collimators
  • grids
  • air gap technique
  • cassette
  • intensifying screen
  • x-ray film
    • developer solution
    • fixing solution
    • silver recovery
  • image intensifier
    • entrance phosphor
    • photocathode
    • output phosphor
  • digital radiography
    • computed radiography
    • direct digital radiography
      • flat panel detector (FPD)
      • charge coupled device (CCD)
  • digital image
    • radiographic contrast
  • mammography
  • x-ray artifacts
    • external foreign bodies
      • clothing artifact
      • jewelry artifact
    • grid cut off
• radiation units
  • absorbed dose
    • gray
  • equivalent dose
    • sievert
  • effective dose
    • tissue weighting factor
  • exposure​
    • entrance skin dose
    • coulomb per kilogram
  • legacy units
    • curie
    • rad
    • rem
    • roentgen
    • rutherford
• radiation safety
  • as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)
  • radiation protection
  • background radiation
  • background radiation equivalent time
  • deterministic effect
  • dose limits
  • inverse square law
  • lead apron
  • radiation damage (biomolecular)
  • radiation damage (skin injury)
  • stochastic effect
    • radiation-induced carcinogenesis
      • radiation-induced lung cancer
• radiation detectors
  • ionization chambers
  • dosimeters
    • thermoluminescent dosimeter
    • film dosimeter