Physics in Radiology

• Physics is a science dealing with nature. It is concerned with the study

of two concepts, matter and energy, and how they interact with each
other. Matter is one, which occupies space, and it is made up of molecules
or atoms, e.g. gold, wood, water and air.
• Matter exists in solid, liquid,gas, liquid crystal, and plasma state. Matter can be
converted from one form to another by physical or chemical means, e.g. melted ice
converts from solid to liquid form by physical process and burning of wood into ash
is a chemical process.
• Energy is the ability to do work, it has several forms, and it canbe converted from
one form to another, e.g. human body converts chemical energy (food) into kinetic
energy (work).
• Law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor
destroyed, and the total energy in the universe is constant. This law holds good for
all forms of energy.
• In general, physicist studies the behavior of matter and energy under
• different physical conditions.
Radiology & Imaging Sciences

Radiography Ultra Sound

CT
Fluoroscopy

MRI
Interventional
Radiology (Cathlab) Nuclear Medicine
Radiography 1
When x-rays strikes the patients…
Some are stopped Absorbed
Some are deflected Scattered
Some are passing through Transmitted
FILM / SCREEN CASSETTES
 
• Films are held inside the film cassettes.
• A cassette has a pair of intensifying screens
glued to the interior front and back.
Chest X-Ray Knee Joint
 Computed Radiography
Computed radiography is an equipment in which x-ray
images are acquired in a digital format using phosphor
coated imaging plates.
The imaging plate has high sensitivity to x-rays and offers
novel method of image formation with good resolution.
The other names for CR:
1. Filmless radiography
2. Electronic radiography
3. Digital storage phosphor imaging
Digital Radiography

Nearly 100 years,

film screen
radiography is in use
to record images.
 In 1990s the computed
radiography had
widespread acceptance.

Later the digital

radiography has
picked up.
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 Introduction
▪ After discovery, X-Rays were used to take
Static Radiographs, but dynamic imaging was
not possible
Barium Swallow
Barium Meal
IVU
HSG
Mammography 3
Mammography
Abnormal