Windows is a comprehensive set of visuals illustrating the physics of medical imaging. It is an open resource and free to be used by all medical physics educators to enhance learning activities through the process of collaborative teaching. The objective is to help all medical imaging professionals develop strong conceptual knowledge structures that can be applied directly in clinical imaging procedures and serve as a foundation for additional symbolic verbal and mathematical  knowledge.   For links to related online textbook chapters and modules go to: www.sprawls.org/resources Related journal article: WINDOWS TO THE WORLD OF MEDICAL IMAGING PHYSICS VISUALS FOR EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT LEARNING AND TEACHING. MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.4, No.1, 2016

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Medical Image Quality Characteristics   Medical Image Detail, Sharpness, and Spatial Resolution Medical Image Noise Characteristics of Radiation for Imaging Radiation Quantities and Units Formation of Radiographic Contrast Radiographic Receptors and Display Radiographic Image Detail Mammography Physics and Technology Computed Tomography Image Quality and Optimization Medical Ultrasound Imaging Magnetic Resonance Image Characteristics Magnetic Resonance Imaging System Components Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Tissue Magnetization and Relaxation The MR Imaging Process Spin Echo Imaging Methods Gradient Echo Imaging Methods Selective Signal Suppression Spatial Characteristics of the MR Image MR Image Detail and Noise Acquisition Time and Procedure Optimization MR Vascular Imaging MR Functional Imaging MR Image Artifact MRI Safety