Medical Imaging
Medical Imaging Project
Resources - just a few to get you started
1. Remote Sensing Tutorial by a NASA astronomer - the section titled Medical Applications of Remote Sensing is a good source of information about X-ray Radiography; X-ray Fluoroscopy; Computer Assisted Tomography (CAT scans); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); SPECT (Single Photo Emission-Computed Tomography; Positron Emission Tomography (PET); CATscan-SPECT combined; Infrared Imaging Thermography; Ultrasound; and Endoscopy. http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Intro/Part2_26b.html
2. Martindale's The "Virtual" ~ Medical Center - Radiology Center - the radiology section of a clearing house for all things medical
3. The Exploratiorim: Revealing Bodies - an online exhibit examining how medical imagery has changed the way we look at our bodies.
4. Medical Imaging, part of the Thinkquest web site Nuclear Physics: Past, Present and Future has a nice disucssion of how CAT scans and MRI work
Interesting news about medical imaging - current articles about research related to medical imaging