Review of Principles of Radiological Physics,9780443101045

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Principles of Radiological Physics

Paperback
Edition: 5
Author: Donald Graham, Paul Cloke, Martin Vosper
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Release Date: June 2007
ISBN-10: 0443101043
ISBN-13: 9780443101045
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Radiography Students	Customer Rating:
This is a very good book, will contain all the answers to your physics questions. Its only down point is it is rather heavy going... you have been warned! None the less i found it a brilliant aid as a student Radiographer.

The material within can be used in a better way

Customer Rating:

This book actually used to be better! In the days when the author of the material was Wilkes (more or less the same content), there used to be 'soap boxes' that gave more detailed explanations in a number of areas. These are now long gone. Likewise there was a section on exposure manipulation in some detail, now gone in recent editions.

There are unfortunately no practice problems that are really of a proper physics nature-the 'self assessment questions' pander to the 'descriptive philosophy' which just reinforces rote memorization-much like the old DCR requirements in exams -a philosophy that has never much changed despite change to degree.
This does not properly allow for a true understanding of physical principles in my view, rather a cursory type knowledge of 'stuff about radiological physics'. Like stamp collecting!

That said, the actual coverage of topics is decent (if limited to mainly diagnostic radiography) and has nice illustrations but suffers from a general lack of analysis and development of physical ideas and principles-totally unlike Wolbarsts recent text for example.
In this sense the texts title is not accurate, and unfortunately comes across as a collection of facts about radiological physics.

This book could still be rescued in future editions -include some worked quantitative examples-use computational aids such as spreadsheets (eg), give some practice problems with answers at rear, etc.

Basic physics. No ultrasound or MRI.

Customer Rating:

The strength of this book is a broad presentation of physical properties of importance for generating images based on x-rays. The physical basis of important image modialities such as ultrasound or MR or the physics of CT scans are covered by 1-2 pages each in this book. I would therefore not recommend this book for a general overview of the physical basis of image modalities other than "classical" radiography.

A must have for all student radiographers.

Customer Rating:

This book by Graham is a must have for all student radiographers, as it allows for all levels of background knowledge. This book on the whole clearly demonstrates and explains the fundamental principles involved in the process of image production in diagnostic radiography. However it appears limited from the point of Theraputic radiography. Despite this the book will enable you to grasp the concepts of many areas of radiological physics.