Struggling to connect classroom physics with what actually happens at the console? Radiologic technology students and working technologists face a real problem: positioning charts, ALARA rules, and modality protocols are scattered across lecture slides, vendor manuals, and half-remembered clinical instructor tips, with no single reference that ties the physics to the patient in front of you.
This 2026 edition solves that. Written by a practicing radiologic technologist, it walks through the full scope of the profession in 25 clinically grounded chapters: X-ray production and image formation, radiation biology and ALARA-based protection, region-by-region positioning from the hand to the skull, contrast media and fluoroscopy, and the full range of advanced modalities including CT, MRI, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and mammography. Trauma protocols, pediatric and geriatric considerations, mobile and surgical radiography, quality assurance, and professional ethics round out the text.
Every chapter includes:
- Clinical pearls distilled from real practice, not textbook theory
- Case vignettes with worked clinical reasoning
- Clinical Decision Point boxes and differential mini-tables for fast bedside reference
- Two custom clinical illustrations per chapter, fully labeled for exact anatomic and equipment recognition
Readers also get free access to an included QR-code video course, over 50 curated instructional videos organized by chapter, playable directly from your phone. No more hunting across scattered playlists for a demonstration of mortise ankle positioning or SPECT reconstruction.
If you want one reference that takes you from the physics of the X-ray tube to confident, safe, professional practice at the bedside, this is it.
