The dosimetry of ionizing radiation. Volume III /
A continuation of the treatise The Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation, Volume III builds upon the foundations of Volumes I and II and the tradition of the preceeding treatise Radiation Dosimetry. Volume III contains three comprehensive chapters on the applications of radiation dosimetry in particular r...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
1990.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation, Volume 3; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Dosimetry for Radiological Protection at High-Energy Particle Accelerators; I. Introduction; II. Particle Accelerators and Their Radiological Properties; III. External Radiation Fields; IV. Techniques of Dosimetry; V. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology and Computerized Tomography; I. Introduction; II. Absolute Dosimetry of Diagnostic X Rays; III. Effective Energy and Effective Atomic Number; IV. Interface and Cavity Dosimetry Problems
- v. Energy Imparted to the Patient VI. Determination of Organ Mean Absorbed Doses; VII. Absorbed Doses in the Fetus and in Small Children; VIII. Dosimetry in Computerized Tomography; IX. Dosimetry of Radiation Detectors; X. Effective Use of X Rays; XI. Weighted Dosimetric Concepts for Risk Estimates; XII. Variation and Accuracy of Reported Absorbed Dose Values; XIII. Staff Dosimetry; XIV. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3. Brachytherapy Dosimetry; I. Introduction; II. Radiation Properties of Sources; III. Specification of Source Strength; IV. Measurement of Source Strength
- v. Dose Distributions around Single Sources VI. Commercially Available Interstitial and Intracavitary Sources and Dose Distributions around Single Sources; VII. Interstitial Systems; VIII. Intracavitary Systems; IX. Localization of Sources by Radiography; X. Additional Comments; References; Chapter 4. Etch Track Detectors in Radiation Dosimetry; I. Introduction; II. Damage Track Formation and Etchability-Review of Track Formation Models; III. Detector Materials; IV. Chemical Etching; V. Electrochemical Etching; VI. Comparison of Chemical and Electrochemical Etching
- VII. Track Measurement Techniques VIII. Neutron Dosimetry; IX. Alpha-Particle Dosimetry; X. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Monte Carlo Techniques of Electron and Photon Transport for Radiation Dosimetry; I. Introduction; II. Monte Carlo Codes; III. Code Accuracy; IV. Variance Reduction Techniques; V. Computing Requirements; VI. Conclusions; Appendix: Calculational Models; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 6. Applications of the Monte Carlo Method in Radiotherapy; I. Introduction; II. An Elementary Photon Monte Carlo Algorithm; III. Scoring Options; IV. Brachytherapy Applications
- v. Applications to Fundamental Dosimetry VI. Photon Dose near Tissue Interfaces; VII. Obtaining Pencil and Point-Monodirectional Beams; VIII. Simulating Radiotherapy Equipment; IX. Improving the Monte Carlo Method for Radiotherapy Applications; Acknowledgments; References; Index