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X-ray and Computed Tomography
- Introduction
- Radiation
- X-ray Tube Construction
- X-ray Generation Process
- X-ray Attenuation
- The Lambert–Beer Law for Multiple Materials
- Factors Determining X-ray Attenuation
- X-ray Detection
- Multiple-Field Image Intensifier
- Fluoroscopy
- Angiography
- Computed Tomography
- Central Slice Theorem
- Fan-Beam CT
- Cone Beam CT
- Artifacts
- Summary
- References
Abstract
X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiations like light, radio waves, and so on. They have a wavelength of 10–0.01 nm. X-rays were discovered accidentally by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a German physicist, while studying cathode ray tubes.
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