Reviews Of Accelerator Science And Technology - Volume 2 : Medical Applications Of Accelerators.
The theme of this volume, "Medical Applications of Accelerators", is of enormous importance to human health and has a deep impact on our society. The invention of particle accelerators in the early 20th century created a whole new world for producing energetic X-rays, electrons, protons, n...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
World Scientific
2009.
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Colección: | Reviews of accelerator science and technology ;
v. 2, 2009 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The theme of this volume, "Medical Applications of Accelerators", is of enormous importance to human health and has a deep impact on our society. The invention of particle accelerators in the early 20th century created a whole new world for producing energetic X-rays, electrons, protons, neutrons and other particle beams. Immediately these beams found revolutionary applications in medicine. There are two important yet distinct medical applications. One is that accelerators produce radioisotopes for various nuclear medicines for millions of patients each year. The other is that accelerators pro. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (320) |
ISBN: | 1282763601 9781282763609 9789814299350 9814299359 9789814299343 9814299340 |