CT Physics First Assignment

You are responsible for reading portions of Chapter 1 (Computed Tomography)

Chapter 1 Objectives:
When you have read chapter 1, you are expected to be able to accomplish the following tasks: (These are not questions for you to answer)

1. Understand the meaning of the following terms as they relate to CT: (pgs. 2-3)
a. tomography
b. transverse axial tomography
c. image reconstruction from projections
d. emission CT
e. transmission CT

2. List three steps that constitute the CT process and briefly describe each step.
(pages 3-6; PROCESS)

3. Identify the major components of a CT scanner. (page 6, fig. 1-6)

4. Describe briefly how a CT scanner works. (page 6--HOW CT SCANNERS WORK)

5. Describe the early CT experiments performed by G.N. Hounsfield. (pages 7-8)

6. State the contribution of A.M. Cormack to the development of CT (page 8)

7. Identify developments in CT from the period 1973 to 1983 (pages 8-9).

8. State other uses of CT apart from those in clinical medicine. (pages 13-14).

9. Define Digital Image Processing. (pages 14-15).

10. Identify the essential components of a digital imaging system.
(pages 14-15; fig. 1-22 pg--16).

11. Describe various applications of volume scanning (pages 15-18)