Practical radiotherapy : physics and equipment /

Practical Radiotherapy introduces the reader to the physics and equipment that is central to radiotherapy practice. This Second Edition has been extensively revised and is fully up to date with key developments in equipment and practice, namely: stereotacic radiosurgery, CT SIM and SIM CT, portal im...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cherry, Pam, Duxbury, Angela
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Medical physics.
Radiotherapy > Equipment and supplies.
Radiotherapy > instrumentation
Health Physics
Physique médicale.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychotherapy > General.
Medical physics
Radiotherapy > Equipment and supplies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Basic skills for radiotherapy physics / Elaine Ryan
  • X-ray production / Elaine Ryan
  • Radiation dosimetry / Jan Chianese and Fiona Chamberlain
  • X-ray interactions with matter / Kathryn Cooke
  • Pre-treatment imaging / Caroline Wright, Jonathan McConnell and Katheryn Churcher
  • Simulation equipment / Alan Needham
  • Immobilisation equipment / Helen White and Nick White
  • Megavoltage equipment / David Flinton and Elizabeth Miles
  • Kilovoltage equipment / David Flinton
  • Treatment planning and computer systems / John Conway and Christopher M. Bragg
  • Methods of beam direction / Anne Jessop
  • Advanced treatment delivery / Pete Bridge
  • Treatment verification / Cath Holborn
  • Introduction to radiation protection / Pete Bridge
  • Use of radionuclides in imaging and therapy / David Duncan
  • Sealed sources in radiotherapy / Tony Flynn and Bruce Thomadsen.

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