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Radiation Protection in Medical Physics
This book introduces the fundamental aspects of Radiation Protection in Medical Physics and covers three main themes: General Radiation Protection Principles; Radiobiology Principles; Radiation Protection in Hospital Medical Physics. Each of these topics is developed by analysing the underlying phys...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2011. |
| Colección: | NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface. List of Participants. Photographs. General Radiation Protection Principles. Internal Safety Standards
- Radiation Units, Limits & Dose Constraints
- Radiobiology Principles. Molecular Aspects of Radiation Biology
- Radiobiology in Radiotherapy
- Radiation Protection Application in Hospital Medical Physics. General Principles of Risk Assessment for Ionising Radiation
- Radiation Protection of the Workers and the Public from Exposed Patients
- Installation Shielding in Diagnostic Radiology and Computed Tomography
- Acceptability Criteria, Justification and Ethical Issues in Using Ionising Radiation
- Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation - In Search of an Ideal Detector
- Dose Assessment (for Patients)
- Patient Dose Assessment in Nuclear Medicine
- Radiation Protection of Pregnant Women
- Optimization of Dose Distribution
- Optimisation of Radiation Protection in Diagnostic Radiology; C. Lewis
- Installation Shielding in Cyclotron Facilities
- Shielding and Facility Design in Nuclear Medicine
- Installation Shielding in Radiotherapy
- Air Contamination Control in Radiochemistry Labs
- Optimisation of Patient and Staff Exposure in Interventional Radiology
- Optimization of Radioprotection in Gynecology Brachytherapy
- Radiation Protection Optimisation in Interventional Procedures
- Radiation Protection Optimisation in Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine
- Appendix 1: Colour Section.