Paediatric radiography

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This book provides radiographers with guidance on paediatric radiography techniques. Every radiographer working in a hospital will be involved in paediatric imaging.

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Title Statements

Full title :Paediatric radiography / Maryann Hardy, Stephen Boynes.

Summary

This book provides radiographers with guidance on paediatric radiography techniques. Every radiographer working in a hospital will be involved in paediatric imaging.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Blackwell Science
Place of Publication:Oxford, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780470776070, 0470776072, 1405147687, 9781405147682, 128021323X, 9781280213236, 9780632056316, 0632056312, 9786610213238, 6610213232, 0470708778, 9780470708774
DOI:10.1002/9780470776070
oclc:ocn264621024
LC Classification:RJ51.R3
Dewey Decimal:618.92/07572

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Understanding childhood -- Physical growth -- Psychological and cognitive development -- Birth to 3 years -- 3 to 7 years -- 7 to 11 years -- Adolescents -- Role of family -- Role of play -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 2 Consent, immobilisation and health care law -- Children's rights -- Health care law -- Immobilisation versus restraint -- Holding children still ... a five-point model -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 Radiation protection -- Ionising radiation regulations -- Patient positioning -- Field size and beam limitation -- Protective shielding -- Radiographic exposure parameters -- Focal spot size -- Tube filtration -- Voltage -- Anti-scatter grids -- Screen film systems -- Digital systems -- Automatic exposure control -- Automatic brightness control -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4 The chest and upper respiratory tract -- Structural and functional anatomy -- The thorax, lungs and respiratory tract -- The thymus -- The heart -- Pathology of the chest and upper respiratory tract -- The upper/extra-thoracic airway -- The lower/intra-thoracic airway -- The chest wall and pleura -- Radiograph…

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Child Children children (people by age group) Diagnostic Imaging Electronic books Enfants HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health Imagerie pour le diagnostic MEDICAL -- Pediatrics Pediatric radiography Pediatrics Pédiatrie Radiographie Radiographie pédiatrique radiographs radiography