Medical Imaging Online Textbook (Draft)

Welcome to the draft of an open, online textbook on Medical Imaging.

This textbook introduces the physical principles, system concepts, and engineering foundations behind modern medical imaging technologies. It is designed to be modular, collaborative, and continuously improving.

📘 Available Chapters

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Imaging
• Chapter 2: Signal and System Foundations for Medical Imaging

🎯 Purpose of This Textbook

This project is part of an ongoing effort to develop an open-access medical imaging textbook.

Current chapters serve as foundational material and will be expanded, refined, and peer-reviewed over time. Figures are either AI-generated specifically for this textbook or clearly cited.

✏️ Edit This Textbook (No Setup Required)

All content is written in Markdown and can be edited directly in your browser using GitHub.

🔗 Direct Edit Links

• Repository:
  https://github.com/nikhilarao1/medical-imaging-book

• Edit Chapter 1:
  https://github.com/nikhilarao1/medical-imaging-book/edit/main/chapter1.md

• Edit Chapter 2:
  https://github.com/nikhilarao1/medical-imaging-book/edit/main/chapter2.md

🔄 Contribution & Review Workflow

To keep edits organized and reviewable:

1. Propose tentative edits in the tentative-edits branch
2. Changes are reviewed before being merged into main
3. Approved edits appear on the live site

This review layer helps track changes, prevent conflicts, and maintain quality as the project grows.

👥 For Contributors

Please see the full contributor guide here:
https://github.com/nikhilarao1/medical-imaging-book/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

🌐 Live Website

The textbook is published at:
https://nikhilarao1.github.io/medical-imaging-book/