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Radiation biology of medical imaging / Charles A. Kelsey [and five others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelsey, Charles A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diagnostic imaging.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (470 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides a thorough yet concise introduction to quantitative radiobiology and radiation physics, particularly the practical and medical application. Beginning with a discussion of the basic science of radiobiology, the book explains the fast processes that initiate damage in irradiated tissue and the kinetic patterns in which such damage is expressed at the cellular level. The final section is presented in a highly practical handbook style and offers application-based discussions in radiation oncology, fractionated radiotherapy, and protracted radiation among others. The text is also
- Contents:
- Anatomy and physiology
- The cell
- Radiation characteristics and units
- Radiation interactions with tissue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781118517130
- 111851713X
- 9781118517154
- 1118517156
- 9781118517116
- 1118517113
- OCLC:
- 835118437
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