Author | Jayaraman, Subramania. author |
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Title | Clinical Radiotherapy Physics [electronic resource] / by Subramania Jayaraman, Lawrence H. Lanzl |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18549-6 |
Descript | XXII, 523 p. online resource |
1 Scope of Clinical Radiotherapy Physics -- 2 Atoms, Molecules, and Matter -- 3 Propagation of Energy by Electromagnetic Waves -- 4 Nuclear Transitions and Radioactive Decay -- 5 Radioactive Decay Calculations -- 6 Collision and Radiation Loss in Charged-Particle Interactions -- 7 Photon Interactions -- 8 Conventional X-Ray Machines -- 9 Equipment for Radioisotope Teletherapy -- 10 Particle Accelerators -- 11 Quantification of Radiation Field: Radiation Units and Measurements -- 12 Instruments for Radiation Detection -- 13 Basic Ratios and Factors for the Dosimetry of External Beam -- 14 Beam Dosimetry: Additional Corrections โ Special Situations -- 15 Treatment Dose Distribution Planning: Photon Beams -- 16 Physical Aspects of Electron Beam Therapy -- 17 Physics of the Use of Small Sealed Sources in Brachytherapy -- 18 Radiation Safety Standards -- 19 Radiation Safety in External-Beam Therapy -- 20 Radiation Safety in Brachytherapy -- Appendix A and B