<P>Since the publication of the best-selling, highly acclaimed first edition, the technology and clinical applications of medical imaging have changed significantly. Gathering these developments into one volume, <STRONG>Webb¿s Physics of Medical Imaging, Second Edition</STRONG> presents a thorough update of the basic physics, modern technology and many examples of clinical application across all the modalities of medical imaging.</P><P><STRONG>New to the Second Edition</STRONG></P><UL><P></P><LI>Extensive updates to all original chapters</LI><LI>Coverage of state-of-the-art detector technology and computer processing used in medical imaging</LI><LI>11 new contributors in addition to the original team of authors</LI><LI>Two new chapters on medical image processing and multimodality imaging</LI><LI>More than 50 percent new examples and over 80 percent new figures</LI><LI>Glossary of abbreviations, color insert and contents lists at the beginning of each chapter</LI></UL><P>Keeping the ma