| Preface to the Paperback Edition | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiv |
| List of Important Symbols | p. xviii |
| Named Functions | p. xxiii |
| The Clinical Setting | |
| Conventional X Rays | p. 1 |
| Computed Tomography | p. 10 |
| Nuclear Imaging | p. 13 |
| Ultrasound | p. 24 |
| Theory of Linear Systems | |
| Introduction | p. 29 |
| Impulse Response | p. 31 |
| The Frequency Domain | p. 37 |
| Linear Filters | p. 42 |
| Sampling | p. 50 |
| Other Measures of Sharpness | p. 59 |
| Theory of Random Processes | |
| Basic Concepts | p. 62 |
| Gaussian Random Variables | p. 76 |
| Poisson Random Processes | p. 82 |
| The Bernoulli Distribution | p. 95 |
| Filtering of Noisy Signals | p. 104 |
| Application of Linear Systems Theory to Radiographic Imaging | |
| A General Model | p. 117 |
| Pinhole Imaging | p. 124 |
| Transmission Radiography | p. 133 |
| Scanners | p. 140 |
| Collimators for Scintillation Cameras | p. 161 |
| Further Complications | p. 178 |
| Detectors | |
| Introduction | p. 192 |
| Film as a Detector | p. 195 |
| Film-Screen Combinations | p. 227 |
| The Gamma-Ray Camera | p. 259 |
| Non-Poisson Noise in Detectors | p. 285 |
| Classical Tomography | |
| Principals of Classical Tomography | p. 359 |
| The PSF in Classical Motion Tomography | p. 362 |
| Variations on the Theme | p. 365 |
| Methods in Nuclear Medicine | p. 371 |
| Computed Tomography | |
| Introduction | p. 375 |
| Analytical Theory of Reconstructing from Projections | p. 377 |
| Practical Considerations | p. 408 |
| Emission Computed Tomography | p. 446 |
| Multiplex Tomography | |
| Introduction | p. 465 |
| The Annulus | p. 472 |
| The Fresnel Zone Plate | p. 490 |
| Pinhole Arrays | p. 515 |
| Time-Modulated Coded Apertures | p. 521 |
| Three-Dimensional Imaging | |
| Introduction | p. 532 |
| Mathematical Preliminaries | p. 534 |
| Reconstruction by Back-Projection and Summation | p. 536 |
| Coordinate Transformations | p. 544 |
| Multiple-Aperture Systems | p. 549 |
| Noise in Radiographic Images | |
| Introduction | p. 562 |
| Summary of Basic Principles | p. 564 |
| Nuclear Medicine | p. 567 |
| Transmission Imaging | p. 582 |
| Computed Tomography | p. 597 |
| Coded Apertures | p. 610 |
| Noise and Image Quality | p. 618 |
| Scattered Radiation | |
| Introduction | p. 629 |
| Methods of Analysis for Scatter Problems | p. 630 |
| The Importance of Scattered Radiation | p. 646 |
| Control of Scattered Radiation | p. 652 |
| Uses of Scattered Radiation | p. 660 |
| The Dirac Delta Function | |
| Definitions | p. 291 |
| Properties of the Delta Function | p. 292 |
| Derivatives of the Delta Function | p. 294 |
| The Comb Function | p. 294 |
| Delta Functions in Two and Three Dimensions | p. 295 |
| The Ring Delta Function | p. 296 |
| The Fourier Transform | |
| The One-Dimensional Fourier Transform and Its Inverse | p. 298 |
| Properties of the One-Dimensional Fourier Transform | p. 299 |
| Some Special Functions and Their Transforms | p. 301 |
| Convolutions and Correlations | p. 306 |
| Scaled Convolutions | p. 307 |
| Fourier Series | p. 309 |
| The Two-Dimensional Fourier Transform | p. 311 |
| The Hankel Transform | p. 312 |
| Some Special Functions and Their Transforms in Two Dimensions | p. 312 |
| Interaction of Photons with Matter | |
| Attenuation, Scattering, and Abosrption | p. 315 |
| Photoelectric Absorption | p. 317 |
| Compton Scattering | p. 321 |
| Pair Production | p. 330 |
| References | p. 663 |
| Author Index | p. 673 |
| Subject Index | p. 679 |
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