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This workbook provides exercises and corresponding solutions to several subjects in medical technology and engineering. Thereby the reader can learn how to solve problems in this field by means of mathematical formulas and calculations. In order to provide a better understanding, the physical background for the solutions is shortly explained.
The workbook covers excercises on the following topics:
Interaction of X-rays with matter
X-ray tubes
X-ray dosimetry
X-ray statistics
Ultrasound waves
Ultrasound scanner
Dipole fields in electrocardiography
Electrocardiography instrumentation
Interaction of laser light with matter
Application of laser radiation
Pulse oxymetry
High-frequency surgery
Computed radiography (CR)
Image reconstruction in computed tomography
CT scanner
Nuclear magnetic resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
Nuclear medical imaging, radionuclides and instrumentation
Binary classification and Receiver operator characteristic curves
Modulation transfer function in imaging
Detective quantum efficiency