Cobalt Blues The Story of Leonard Grimmett, the Man Behind the First Cobalt-60 Unit in the United States /

For the latter half of the 20th century, cobalt-60 units were the mainstay of radiation treatments for cancer. Cobalt Blues describes the development of the first cobalt-60 unit in the United States and the man behind it, Leonard Grimmett. Conceptually conceived before World War II, it only became p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Almond, Peter R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Temas:
Medical physics.
Science-History.
Radiology.
Cancer.
Medical Physics.
History of Science.
Cancer Biology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Prologue
  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 1941-1946
  • The Journey, January 29 to February 7, 1949
  • Early Life and Education, London 1903-1929
  • Medical Physicist Part I, London 1929-1944
  • The Unknown Years and UNESCO Paris, 1944-1948
  • Replacing Radium 1937-1949
  • Arrival, Houston February 1949
  • The Cobalt Unit 1949-1954
  • Medical Physicist Part II, Houston 1949-1951
  • Cobalt-60 and the Notebook
  • Cobalt-60 in Perspective
  • Epilogue: Grimmett the Man
  • Appendix A: Principles of Radiotherapy
  • Appendix B: Principles of Reactor Production of Cobalt-60
  • Appendix C: Grimmett's Suggested References on Cobalt-60.

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