Suitable for students with a first degree in physics, electrical engineerin, computer science or biomedical engineering. The original aim of this book was to provide dentists with an accessible text that explained how to use computer power to reconstruct and enhance radiological images, for diagnosis and for planning appropriate treatment for maxillo-facial disorders. Dentists spent money on new equipment, and have been more open to exploring new techniques than their colleagues working in radiology and radiotherapy departments. No longer. This book will provide a unique text for students in biomedical engineering, and medical physics faculty studying image processing / analysis / computer tomography. Enhanced computing power is now widely used in radiology and radiotherapy departments for improved diagnosis, and treatment planning. It enables earlier detection (for example) of tumours. Its more detailed pictures enable more accurate analysis of soft tissue damage (for example) in sport injuries, or more appropriate dosimetry in radiotherapy.
