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Credit Mark Lythgoe & Chloe Hutton, Wellcome Images
Enhanced MRI scan of the head. Digitally enhanced MRI of the human head showing the
brain and spinal cord in orange/yellow and the other tissues in blue
and pink.
Magnetic resonance imaging
2004: Wellcome Images Library reference no.: TASS
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.0 UK: England
& Wales.
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Finding Background Information
Reference books, such as dictionaries, encyclopaedias and handbooks are a useful starting point when beginning your research. Dictionaries provide definitions, and help you to understand the terminology. Encyclopaedias provide a general overview of a topic, and may also provide a list of books and journal articles for further reading.
Reference books can be located via a subject search in NEWCAT. For example, 'radiography medical terminology'.
Listed below are some of the major reference works for medical radiation science:
- Handbook of radiotherapy physicseBook
- Handbook of anatomical models for radiation dosimetryeBook
- Stedman's Radiology WordsHuxley Library - 616.0757014 STED 2000
- Encyclopedia of radiographic positioningHuxley Library -Q616.07572 DOWD V.1 & V 2
- Dictionary and handbook of nuclear medicine and clinical imagingHuxley Library - 616.0754/I1
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