Manual de radiología

MANUAL de RADIOLOGÍA para TÉCNICOS
FÍSICA, BIOLOGÍA Y PROTECCIÓN RADIOLÓGICA

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MANUAL de RADIOLOGÍA para TÉCNICOS
FÍSICA, BIOLOGÍA Y PROTECCIÓN RADIOLÓGICA
Stewa Stewart Carlyle Bushong, ScD, FACR, FACMP
Professor of Radiology Science Baylor College of Medicine Colle Houston, Texas Tex

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David Armstrong, BS, MEd, RT(R)
Program Director Pearl RiverCommunity College Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA

James Neal Johnston, PhD, RT(R)(CV)
Assistant Professor Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, Texas, USA

Alberto Bello Jr., MEd, RT(R)(CV)
Radiologic Technology Program Director Danville Area Community College Danville, Illinois, USA

Barbara A. Koontz, MA, RT(R)(M)
Radiography Program Manager Polk Community College Winter Haven, Florida,USA

Donna Caldwell, MEd, RT(R)(CV)
Assistant Professor Arkansas State University State University, Arkansas, USA

Nina Kowalczyk, MS, RT(R)(QM)(CT), FASRT
Clinical Instructor Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, USA

Marilyn H. Carter, BS, RT(R), ARRT
Program Coordinator, Radiologic Technology Southeast Arkansas College Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

Michael J. Kudlas, BS, RT(R)(QM)Director, Radiography Program Associate Professor of Radiology Mayo Clinic of Medicine Jacksonville, Florida, USA

John H. Clouse, MSR, RT(R)
Associate Professor of Radiography Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Angela M. Lambert, MS, RT(R)
Assistant Professor Bluefield State College Bluefield, West Virginia, USA

Edward J. Goldschmidt Jr., MS, DABMP
MedicalPhysicist Cooper Health System Camden, New Jersey, USA

Sandra H. Lanza, BS, RT(R)(M)(QM)
Clinical Coordinator Brevard Community College Cocoa, Florida, USA

Sergeo Guilbaud, BS, RT(R)
Education Director Long Island College Hospital Brooklyn, New York, USA

Tricia D. Leggett, MSEd, RT(R)(QM)
Radiologic Technology Program Director Assistant Professor Zane State College Zanesville, Ohio, USABrenda Hassinger, MS, RT(R)(M), ARRT
Program Coordinator, Radiography Program Hagerstown Community College Hagerstown, Maryland, USA

Terri Hinson, BS, RT(R)(T), ARRT
Instructor University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Penelope Logsdon, MA, RT(R)
Radiography Program Director Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA

RobertHughes, BGS, RT(R)
Program Director Nebraska Methodist College Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Galen Miller, RT(R), BS
Clinical Coordinator, Radiography Program Mid Michigan Community College Harrison, Michigan, USA v

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COL AB O R ADOR E S

Gloria Jean Mongelluzzo, MEd, RT(R)(M)
Program Director Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Jonathan White, BSRT(R), BS(Radiology)
Instructor, Diagnostic Imaging Northern Virginia Community College Springfield, Virginia, USA

Joe P. Nolen, MEd, RT(R)
Clinical Coordinator University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Area Health Education Center—Southwest Texarkana, Arkansas, USA

Paul Wilder, BS, RT(R)(T), ARRT
Program Director Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Christine E.Wiley, MEd, RT(R)(M), Mimi Polczynski, MSEd, RT(R)(M)(CT)
Radiology Program Director Kaskaskia College Centralia, Illinois, USA Radiologic Technology Program Director North Shore Community College Danvers, Massachusetts, USA

Ray Winters, MS, RT(R)(CT) Timothy J. Skaife, RT(R), MA
Program Director, Radiography National Park Community College Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA Chair, Radiologic SciencesDepartment Arkansas State University State University, Arkansas, USA

Ian Thompson, FNZIMRT, DHA (Massey) DCR
Specialist Lecturer Universal College of Learning Palmerston North, New Zealand

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