Workbook for Principles of Radiographic Imaging
An Art and A Science
- 7th Edition - May 19, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Richard R. Carlton, Arlene M. Adler, Vesna Balac, Kori L. Stewart
- Language: English
Reinforce your understanding of diagnostic imaging and sharpen your radiographic skills! Corresponding to the chapters in Principles of Radiographic Imaging, 7th Edition, this w… Read more
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Description
Description
Reinforce your understanding of diagnostic imaging and sharpen your radiographic skills! Corresponding to the chapters in Principles of Radiographic Imaging, 7th Edition, this workbook helps you review key concepts and gain the technical knowledge needed to become an informed and confident radiographer. More than 75 worksheets include engaging exercises that allow you to assess your comprehension and apply your knowledge to imaging practice.
Key features
Key features
- Completely updated worksheets correspond to the chapters in the new edition of the textbook
- Enhanced informatics worksheets offer the most up-to-date content
- Digital imaging worksheets align with the newest ASRT radiography curriculum
Readership
Readership
Imaging sciences students
Table of contents
Table of contents
UNIT I Creating the Beam
1-1 Basic Mathematics Review
1-2 Units of Measurement
2-1 Basic Atomic Theory
2-2 Electromagnetic Radiation
3-1 Laws of Electrostatics and Electrodynamics
3-2 Ohm’s Law and Resistance
4-1 Laws of Magnetism and Magnetic Induction
4-2 Electromagnetic Induction
4-3 Generators, Motors, and Alternating and Direct Current
4-4 Transformers, Autotransformers, and Capacitors
4-5 Rectification
5-1 X-ray Tubes
5-2 Rating Charts and Cooling Charts
6-1 A Basic X-ray Circuit
7-1 X-ray Production
UNIT II Protecting Patients and Personnel
8-1 Using Dosimetry Equipment
8-2 Units and Measurements Used in Radiation Protection
9-1 Basic Radiation Protection, Detection, and Measurement
9-2 The Effect of Rotating the Collimator for a Hip Projection on Patient Dose
10-1 Half-Value Layer Determination
10-2 Effects of Filtration
11-1 Calculating Prime Factors
11-2 Effect of mAs, kVp, and SID on X-ray Emission
12-1 X-ray Interactions
13-1 Estimating Patient Entrance Skin Exposure
14-1 Beam Restriction
UNIT III Creating the Image
15-1 Thinking Three-Dimensionally
16-1 Effect of Subject on Attenuation and Scatter
16-2 The Effect of Pathology on Image Quality
17-1 Grid Comparisons and Conversions
17-2 Grid Errors
17-3 The Moiré Effect When Utilizing Computed Radiography Systems
18-1 Determining and Controlling Automatic Exposure Control Configurations
18-2 The Effect of Positioning on Automatic Exposure Control
18-3 The Effect of Collimation on Automatic Exposure Control
UNIT IV Digital Imaging in Radiography
19-1 Digital Image Formation and Processing
19-2 Digital Matrix
19-3 Digital Image Post-processing and Manipulation
19-4 Manipulating Window Level and Window Width
19-5 The Effect of Cropping/Shuttering to Replace Collimation
19-6 The Effect of Detector Saturation and Quantum Noise on Image Quality
20-1 Computed Radiography (CR) Image Acquisition
20-2 Computed Radiography/Digital Radiography Exposure Factor Selection
20-3 Computed Radiography/Digital Radiography Processing Errors
20-4 Digital Radiography (DR) Image Acquisition
20-5 Establishing a Technique Chart
20-6 Exposure Indicator Values
20-7 Deviation Index Values
21-1 Display Monitor Characteristics
22-1 Informatics in Medical Imaging
23-1 Artificial Intelligence
UNIT V Analyzing the Image
24-1 Evaluating Acceptance Limits
25-1 The Effect of mAs on Image Receptor (IR) Exposure
25-2 The Effect of kVp on Image Receptor (IR) Exposure—The 15 Percent Rule
25-3 Determining Adequate Penetration
25-4 The Effect of Distance on Image Receptor (IR) Exposure
25-5 The Effect of Tissue Density and Subject Contrast on Image Receptor (IR) Exposure
26-1 The Effect of kVp on Image Contrast
26-2 The Effect of Subject Contrast and Tissue Density on Image Contrast
26-3 The Effect of Grids on Image Contrast
27-1 Geometry of the Beam Factors
27-2 The Effect of Distance on Spatial Resolution
27-3 The Effect of Focal Spot Size on Spatial Resolution
27-4 The Effect of Motion on Spatial Resolution
28-1 The Effect of Distance on Size Distortion
28-2 The Effect of Alignment, Centering, and Angulation on Shape Distortion
28-3 The Effect of Cropping One Projection to Represent Another Projection on Shape Distortion
28-4 The Effect of Improper Anatomical Part Alignment on Shape Distortion
29-1 Image Critique: Assessing Image Receptor Exposure, Contrast, Spatial Resolution, and Distortion
30-1 Estimating Focal Spot Size
30-2 Evaluating Collimator, Central Ray, and Bucky Tray Alignment
30-3 Evaluating Distance, Centering, and Angulator Accuracy
30-4 Evaluating Kilovoltage Accuracy
30-5 Rejected-Image Studies
UNIT VI Special Imaging Systems and Modalities
31-1 The Effect of Alignment and Distance on Mobile Radiographic Image Quality
32-1 Fluoroscopic Automatic Exposure Rate Controls
33-1 Tomography and Digital Tomosynthesis
34-1 Mammography Equipment
35-1 Bone Densitometry
36-1 Vascular Imaging Equipment
37-1 Computed Tomography
38-1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
38-2 Evaluating Magnetic Resonance Images
39-1 Nuclear Medicine Equipment
39-2 Evaluating Nuclear Medicine Images
40-1 Radiation Therapy
41-1 Ultrasound Image Studies
41-2 Doppler Image Studies
1-1 Basic Mathematics Review
1-2 Units of Measurement
2-1 Basic Atomic Theory
2-2 Electromagnetic Radiation
3-1 Laws of Electrostatics and Electrodynamics
3-2 Ohm’s Law and Resistance
4-1 Laws of Magnetism and Magnetic Induction
4-2 Electromagnetic Induction
4-3 Generators, Motors, and Alternating and Direct Current
4-4 Transformers, Autotransformers, and Capacitors
4-5 Rectification
5-1 X-ray Tubes
5-2 Rating Charts and Cooling Charts
6-1 A Basic X-ray Circuit
7-1 X-ray Production
UNIT II Protecting Patients and Personnel
8-1 Using Dosimetry Equipment
8-2 Units and Measurements Used in Radiation Protection
9-1 Basic Radiation Protection, Detection, and Measurement
9-2 The Effect of Rotating the Collimator for a Hip Projection on Patient Dose
10-1 Half-Value Layer Determination
10-2 Effects of Filtration
11-1 Calculating Prime Factors
11-2 Effect of mAs, kVp, and SID on X-ray Emission
12-1 X-ray Interactions
13-1 Estimating Patient Entrance Skin Exposure
14-1 Beam Restriction
UNIT III Creating the Image
15-1 Thinking Three-Dimensionally
16-1 Effect of Subject on Attenuation and Scatter
16-2 The Effect of Pathology on Image Quality
17-1 Grid Comparisons and Conversions
17-2 Grid Errors
17-3 The Moiré Effect When Utilizing Computed Radiography Systems
18-1 Determining and Controlling Automatic Exposure Control Configurations
18-2 The Effect of Positioning on Automatic Exposure Control
18-3 The Effect of Collimation on Automatic Exposure Control
UNIT IV Digital Imaging in Radiography
19-1 Digital Image Formation and Processing
19-2 Digital Matrix
19-3 Digital Image Post-processing and Manipulation
19-4 Manipulating Window Level and Window Width
19-5 The Effect of Cropping/Shuttering to Replace Collimation
19-6 The Effect of Detector Saturation and Quantum Noise on Image Quality
20-1 Computed Radiography (CR) Image Acquisition
20-2 Computed Radiography/Digital Radiography Exposure Factor Selection
20-3 Computed Radiography/Digital Radiography Processing Errors
20-4 Digital Radiography (DR) Image Acquisition
20-5 Establishing a Technique Chart
20-6 Exposure Indicator Values
20-7 Deviation Index Values
21-1 Display Monitor Characteristics
22-1 Informatics in Medical Imaging
23-1 Artificial Intelligence
UNIT V Analyzing the Image
24-1 Evaluating Acceptance Limits
25-1 The Effect of mAs on Image Receptor (IR) Exposure
25-2 The Effect of kVp on Image Receptor (IR) Exposure—The 15 Percent Rule
25-3 Determining Adequate Penetration
25-4 The Effect of Distance on Image Receptor (IR) Exposure
25-5 The Effect of Tissue Density and Subject Contrast on Image Receptor (IR) Exposure
26-1 The Effect of kVp on Image Contrast
26-2 The Effect of Subject Contrast and Tissue Density on Image Contrast
26-3 The Effect of Grids on Image Contrast
27-1 Geometry of the Beam Factors
27-2 The Effect of Distance on Spatial Resolution
27-3 The Effect of Focal Spot Size on Spatial Resolution
27-4 The Effect of Motion on Spatial Resolution
28-1 The Effect of Distance on Size Distortion
28-2 The Effect of Alignment, Centering, and Angulation on Shape Distortion
28-3 The Effect of Cropping One Projection to Represent Another Projection on Shape Distortion
28-4 The Effect of Improper Anatomical Part Alignment on Shape Distortion
29-1 Image Critique: Assessing Image Receptor Exposure, Contrast, Spatial Resolution, and Distortion
30-1 Estimating Focal Spot Size
30-2 Evaluating Collimator, Central Ray, and Bucky Tray Alignment
30-3 Evaluating Distance, Centering, and Angulator Accuracy
30-4 Evaluating Kilovoltage Accuracy
30-5 Rejected-Image Studies
UNIT VI Special Imaging Systems and Modalities
31-1 The Effect of Alignment and Distance on Mobile Radiographic Image Quality
32-1 Fluoroscopic Automatic Exposure Rate Controls
33-1 Tomography and Digital Tomosynthesis
34-1 Mammography Equipment
35-1 Bone Densitometry
36-1 Vascular Imaging Equipment
37-1 Computed Tomography
38-1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
38-2 Evaluating Magnetic Resonance Images
39-1 Nuclear Medicine Equipment
39-2 Evaluating Nuclear Medicine Images
40-1 Radiation Therapy
41-1 Ultrasound Image Studies
41-2 Doppler Image Studies
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 7
- Latest edition
- Published: September 2, 2026
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Richard R. Carlton
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Radiologic Sciences, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USAAA
Arlene M. Adler
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Director, Radiologic Sciences Programs, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana, USAVB
Vesna Balac
Affiliations and expertise
Radiologic Sciences Programs Department Chair, Radiography Program Director, Assistant Professor, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN, USAKS
Kori L. Stewart
Dr. Stewart has a doctorate in Biomedical (Health) Informatics. She is the Director of the Radiologic Sciences Program at Quinnipiac University and former Director of Training for SIIM (Society of Imaging Informatics). She is an acclaimed lecturer and is touted as one of the foremost experts in Imaging Informatics. Her most recent publication was coauthor of Introduction to Radiologic & Imaging Sciences & Patient Care (Elsevier).
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Radiologic Sciences Program, Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT, United States