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Design and shielding of radiotherapy treatment facilities /
Design and Shielding of Radiotherapy Treatment Facilities provides readers with a single point of reference for protection advice to the construction and modification of radiotherapy facilities. The book assembles a faculty of national and international experts on all modalities including megavoltag...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
IOP Publishing,
[2017]
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| Edición: | 2nd edition. |
| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 3.
IOP expanding physics. Series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology. IPEM report ; no. 75. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Horton, Patrick |c (Physicist), |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Design and shielding of radiotherapy treatment facilities / |c Patrick Horton, David Eaton. |
| 250 | |a 2nd edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : |b IOP Publishing, |c [2017] | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (various pagings) : |b illustrations (some color). | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a electronic |2 isbdmedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a [IOP release 3] | |
| 490 | 1 | |a IOP expanding physics, |x 2053-2563 | |
| 490 | 1 | |a Series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology | |
| 490 | 1 | |a IPEM report ; |v 75 | |
| 500 | |a "Version: 20170701"--Title page verso. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Preface -- 1. The design and procurement process -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Strategic proposal and business case for a new development -- 1.3. Design team -- 1.4. Process, tenders and contracts -- 1.5. Construction -- 1.6. Acceptance and handover -- 1.7. Commissioning -- 1.8. Project evaluation | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2. The design of radiotherapy facilities -- 2.1. General -- 2.2. Linear accelerators -- 2.3. Cobalt-60 units -- 2.4. Kilovoltage units -- 2.5. Brachytherapy -- 2.6. Particle therapy | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3. Radiation protection requirements -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Quantities and units -- 3.3. System of radiation protection -- 3.4. Regulatory framework in the UK -- 3.5. Basic radiation protection principles in radiotherapy -- 3.6. Controlled areas -- 3.7. Optimisation in the design process -- 3.8. Engineering controls -- 3.9. Prior risk assessment -- 3.10. Additional regulatory requirements | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 4. Clinical practice, treatment room and control room design -- 4.1. Clinical practice -- 4.2. Treatment room design -- 4.3. Control room design | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5. Empirical shielding calculations for treatment rooms with linear accelerators -- 5.1. General principles -- 5.2. Primary barriers -- 5.3. Secondary barriers -- 5.4. Roofs and skyshine -- 5.5. Groundshine -- 5.6. Obliquity factor -- 5.7. X-ray scatter down the maze -- 5.8. Neutron scatter down the maze -- 5.9. Maze doors and lining -- 5.10. Direct doors -- 5.11. Laminated walls and roofs -- 5.12. Spreadsheet approach for primary and secondary shielding | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 6. Monte Carlo methods -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Available Monte Carlo codes and deciding which one to use -- 6.3. Using the MCNP code -- 6.4. Using the FLUKA code -- 6.5. MCNP, induced neutrons and particle therapy -- 6.6. Calculation of whole-body doses -- 6.7. Summary | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 7. Shielding materials and construction details -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Materials with unspecified TVLs -- 7.3. Construction details | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 8. Specialist applications : Gamma Knife®, TomoTherapy® and CyberKnife® -- 8.1. The Gamma Knife® -- 8.2. TomoTherapy® -- 8.3. CyberKnife® | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 9. Kilovoltage therapy and electronic brachytherapy -- 9.1. Superficial and orthovoltage therapy -- 9.2. Electronic brachytherapy and intra operative radiotherapy | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 10. Brachytherapy -- 10.1. Treatment modes -- 10.2. Regulatory considerations -- 10.3. Room design -- 10.4. High dose-rate afterloading -- 10.5. Pulsed dose-rate afterloading -- 10.6. Permanent implants : iodine-125 seeds -- 10.7. Eye plaques | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 11. Radiation shielding and safety for particle therapy facilities -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Sources of extraneous radiation -- 11.3. Design and build process considerations -- 11.4. Regulatory requirements and design criteria -- 11.5. Workload, use and occupancy factors -- 11.6. Construction materials -- 11.7. Theory of radiation transport : solving the Boltzmann equation -- 11.8. Practical shielding calculations -- 11.9. Monte Carlo calculation methods -- 11.10. Mazes and ducts -- 11.11. Room interlocks and monitoring -- 11.12. Radiation hazards resulting from activation -- 11.13. Measuring and monitoring techniques and instrumentation -- 11.14. Summary | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 12. Shielding verification and radiation surveys -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. During construction -- 12.3. Post construction radiation survey--detailed shielding integrity testing -- 12.4. Preliminary safety assessment -- 12.5. Critical examination -- 12.6. Radiation surveys -- 12.7. Surveys of kilovoltage equipment -- 12.8. Surveys of brachytherapy facilities -- 12.9. Surveys of CT scanners -- 12.10. Validation of results. | |
| 520 | 3 | |a Design and Shielding of Radiotherapy Treatment Facilities provides readers with a single point of reference for protection advice to the construction and modification of radiotherapy facilities. The book assembles a faculty of national and international experts on all modalities including megavoltage and kilovoltage photons, brachytherapy and high-energy particles, and on conventional and Monte Carlo shielding calculations. This book is a comprehensive reference for qualified experts and radiation-shielding designers in radiation physics and also useful to anyone involved in the design of radiotherapy facilities. | |
| 530 | |a Also available in print. | ||
| 538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
| 538 | |a System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader. | ||
| 545 | |a Patrick W Horton is retired from the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK. David J Eaton is a lead clinical scientist, national radiotherapy trials QA group, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, UK. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 14, 2017). | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Hospitals |x Radiological services |x Design and construction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Radiation |x Safety measures. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Shielding (Radiation) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Radiotherapy. | |
| 650 | 1 | 2 | |a Radiology Department, Hospital |x standards. |
| 650 | 1 | 2 | |a Hospital Design and Construction |x standards. |
| 650 | 1 | 2 | |a Radiation Protection |x standards. |
| 650 | 1 | 2 | |a Radiotherapy. |
| 650 | 7 | |a Medical physics. |2 bicssc | |
| 650 | 7 | |a MEDICAL / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine. |2 bisacsh | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Eaton, David |c (Physicist), |e author. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (Great Britain), |e issuing body. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Institute of Physics (Great Britain), |e publisher. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |z 9780750314411 |
| 830 | 0 | |a IOP (Series). |p Release 3. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a IOP expanding physics. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a IPEM report ; |v no. 75. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://iopscience.uam.elogim.com/book/978-0-7503-1440-4 |z Texto completo |