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  The Sprawls Resources

The Resources are an extensive collection of educational materials, including textbooks, online modules, and especially visuals for classroom and conference presentations and discussions on the topic of the Physics of Medical Imaging and Optimizing Radiological Procedures.
They are open access and available to all at no cost.

  Perry Sprawls, Ph.D. is a clinical medical physicist  and educator with a long career in the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging Sciences Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta and affiliated clinics and hospitals.  A major effort was developing educational programs and materials for radiologists, medical physicists, and imaging technologists concentrating on physics knowledge to support effective clinical imaging procedures.
That experience is the source of the educational materials provided here.
The reports on his research and development on enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of medical physics learning and teaching can be found at: www.sprawls.org .  
 
 
Collaborative Teaching

Our concept of Teaching is that it is the process of helping someone Learn and is achieved through a combination of actions, including classroom or conference presentations and discussions.  The other major teaching activity is creating and providing materials and media, especially text and visuals that can be used by Classroom Teachers to provide more effective learning experiences for the students/learners by connecting them to the components of the physical universe there are learning about.
This is Collaborative Teaching as illustrated below. 

Textbooks
The books below are the original publications.
Many of the chapters are also available under the specific topics below.
A Comprehensive Coverage of the
 Physics of Medical Imaging up until the 1980s.
Especially Valued for the Illustrations.

Continues to be a good educational resource for the physical principles of medical imaging and the discussions
of technology, film, intensifying screens, etc
 is of historic interest.
Complete book (PDF format) available online at:
  https://w3.aapm.org/pubs/documents/SprawlsPPMI2.pdf 

Individual Chapters for Online Reading Available at:
http://www.sprawls.org/ppmi2/


A complete, easy to understand, coverage
of what everyone  who works with MRI needs
to know about the MRI process.

Complete book (PDF format) available online at:
https://w3.aapm.org/pubs/documents/
SprawlsMagneticResonanceImagingPMT.pdf

Individual Chapters for Online Reading Available at:
http://www.sprawls.org/mripmt/
   
 
 
Additional Text, Modules, Mind Maps, and Visuals for Class and Conference
Organized by Topic
 
Medical Image Characteristics and Quality Factors
Blurring, Visibility of Detail, and Resolution
Image Noise
Characteristics of Radiation and Energy used for Imaging
Statistics of Radiation Events
Characteristics and Structure of Matter
X-ray Production
Radioactive Transitions
Radioactivity
Interactions of Radiation with Matter
Radiation Attenuation and Penetration
Radiation Quantities and Units
X-ray Image Formation and Contrast
Scattered Radiation and Contrast
 Radiographic Receptor Characteristics
Screen-Film Receptor Characteristics
Film Image Recording and Processing
Film Sensitivity and the Photographic Process
Film Contrast Characteristics
Digital Radiographic Systems
Digital Image Processing
Radiographic Detail
Patient Exposure and Dose Management
Mammography
Computed Tomography Image Formation
Computed Tomography Image Quality and Dose Management 
Module for Self Study             Visuals for Class and Conference
Ultrasound Production and Interactions
Ultrasound Imaging
Ultrasound Vascular Imaging 
Digital Image Structure and Characteristics
Digital Image Distribution and Networks
Digital Image Storage and Archiving
Magnetic Resonance Image Characteristics
 Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
Magnetic Resonance Imaging System Components
 Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
 Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
Tissue Magnetization and Relaxation
 Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
The MR Imaging Process
 Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
Spin Echo Imaging Methods
 Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
Gradient Echo Imaging Methods
 Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
Selective Signal Suppression
Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
Spatial Characteristics of the MR Image
Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
MR Image Detail andNoise
Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
Acquisition Time and Procedure Optimization
 Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
MR Vascular Imaging
 Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
MR Functional Imaging
 Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference
MRI Safety
Online Text              Visuals for Class and Conference