Medical Physics

Fully updated, this volume builds on the bestselling original to provide medical and physics students with an exploration of the physics-related applications found in state-of-the-art medical centers. Requiring very little knowledge of physics, biology, or chemistry and keeping mathematics to a mini..

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When Professor J.E. Roberts was first employed at the then Cancer Hospital (Free) in 1932, the words medical and physics were rarely joined together. Meandering in Medical Physics presents an account of Professor Roberts's experiences in professional life, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. It..

The first to provide a single, up to date, and easily accessible account of experimental microdosimetry, this book is designed to be used by graduate students in medical, radiation, and health physics courses in addition to established researchers...

This useful guide presents key principles and practical steps for PACS and EHR implementations and maintenance. It explains how PACS are used in radiology, teleradiology, cardiology, pathology, and radiation oncology. The authors cover PACS system components, quality control, IT infrastructures, net..

An up-to-date guide to using proton and carbon ion therapy in modern cancer treatment, this book offers a balanced and critical assessment of state-of-the-art technologies, major challenges, and the future outlook of the field. It covers the physics and radiobiology basics of proton and ion beams, d..

This book focuses on the professional, operational, and regulatory aspects of radiation protection. It summarizes evidence supporting changes in consensus recommendations, regulations, and health physics practices associated with recent advances in radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology..

The proposed book aims to explain the basic principles, concepts and regulations behind radiation protection and their application in the field of radiation oncology practice. This book will be useful to all those students, teachers and practicing professionals involved in the field of radiation onc..

This book gathers into a single volume the most up-to-date information on radiosensitizing drugs, the mechanisms of radiosensitization, and the clinical applications of this treatment modality. Written for radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, graduate students and residents in various branche..

This volume describes tumor cell inactivation from a radiation physics perspective and offers appropriate linear-quadratic parameters for modeling tumor and normal tissue responses. It describes cell killing by radiation from two independent mechanisms: alpha and beta. The authors emphasize the biop..

The Physics of Conformal Radiotherapy: Advances in Technology provides a thorough overview of conformal radiotherapy and biological modeling, focusing on the underlying physics and methodology of three-dimensional techniques in radiation therapy. This carefully written, authoritative account evaluat..

Presents an overview of conformal radiotherapy and biological modeling, focusing on the underlying physics and methodology of 3-dimensional techniques in radiation therapy. This work evaluates 3-dimensional treatment planning, optimization, photon multileaf collimation, proton therapy, transit dosim..