X-rays and lasers in medicine
A common school project, this page lists resources at your library to do with X-rays and lasers in medicine.
Books in our catalogue
To locate books on X-rays and lasers in medicine, use the following subject headings:
- Lasers in medicine
- X-rays
- Radiography, Medical
- Radiography, Medical — History
- Radiography, Medical — Instruments
- Radiology, Medical
Reference books at Central Library
These books may not be borrowed, but you can access them at Central Library.
- Equipment for diagnostic radiography (616.075 FOR )
- People, probes and pulses: medical applications of physics (616.075 BAR)
- Lasers in medicine and dentistry: diagnostics and treatment, 4-5 November 1996, Beijing, China (610.28 LAS)
When using the encyclopedias that follow, remember to look in the index to locate all relevant entries.
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (503 MCG)
- World Book (031 WOR)
Premium websites
Search tips
- Use various formats of X-ray (eg. Xray, X-ray or x ray) — usage varies.
- Try using radiography as a search term for X-rays.
The following websites are available free with your library card and PIN.
- Credo Reference
- Provides brief dictionary and encyclopedia definitions of terms. Use their "see" references to locate information on a similar topic.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries. - Ebscohost
- Use the any of the following terms (or a combination of) to locate articles on Ebschost "Lasers in medicine", "Radiography", "Imaging systems" and "X-rays". Remember to select the full text option.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries. - INNZ - Index New Zealand
- Provides an index to articles published in New Zealand serials. Christchurch City Libraries may or may not hold the magazines in which these can be found.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries. - Oxford Reference Online
- Brief dictionary definitions of terms from a variety of cross discipline dictionaries.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries. - World Book Online
- Find out how X-rays are produced, characteristics of X-rays, and their uses. Likewise, discover how a laser works, how they are used, kinds of lasers and their history.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
Websites
Our Internet Gateway lists lots of sites that have further information on X-rays and lasers in medicine.
- Comprehensive health sites
- Health News — latest developments
Hints:
- To quickly locate information on the X-Rays or lasers use the website's search function.
- Remember to use each web sites "Related terms/information" and/or "Links" to locate additional information.
The Basics of MRI- by Joseph P. Hornak, Ph.D, Rochester Institute of Technology
- The Basics of NMR
- by Joseph P. Hornak, Ph.D, Rochester Institute of Technology
- How Stuff Works - Lasers
- How Stuff Works - X-Rays
- RadiologyInfo
- Designed to answer questions related to radiologic procedures and therapies available. From the Radiological Society of North America
- X-Ray
- Provides illustrations, definitions of the procedures, indication of the risks involved and other information in easy to understand language. From the Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia
