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Practical radiotherapy : physics and equipment / edited by Pam Cherry, Angela M. Duxbury.
Holman Biotech Commons R920 .P73 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical physics.
- Radiotherapy--Equipment and supplies.
- Radiotherapy.
- Radiotherapy--instrumentation.
- Health Physics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Radiotherapy--instrumentation.
- Health Physics.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781405184267
- 1405184264
- OCLC:
- 280354468
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