Imaging modalities in radiology produce ever-increasing amounts of data
which need to be displayed, optimized, analyzed and archived: a "big
data" as well as an "image processing" problem. Computer programming
skills are rarely emphasized during the education and training of
medical physicists, meaning that many individuals enter the workplace
without the ability to efficiently solve many real-world clinical
problems.
This book provides a foundation for the teaching and learning of
programming for medical physicists and other professions in the field of
Radiology and offers valuable content for novices and more experienced
readers alike.
It focuses on providing readers with practical skills on how to
implement MATLAB(R) as an everyday tool, rather than on solving academic
and abstract physics problems. Further, it recognizes that MATLAB is
only one tool in a medical physicist's toolkit and shows how it can be
used as the "glue" to integrate other software and processes together.
Yet, with great power comes great responsibility. The pitfalls to
deploying your own software in a clinical environment are also clearly
explained. This book is an ideal companion for all medical physicists
and medical professionals looking to learn how to utilize MATLAB in
their work.
Features
- Encompasses a wide range of medical physics applications in diagnostic
and interventional radiology
- Advances the skill of the reader by taking them through real-world
practical examples and solutions with access to an online resource of
example code
- The diverse examples of varying difficulty make the book suitable for
readers from a variety of backgrounds and with different levels of
programming experience.
