Medical physics Volume 2, Radiology, lasers, nanoparticles and prosthetics /
Order the Set Medical Physics and save almost 25€. Medical Physics covers the applied branch of physics concerned with the application of concepts and methods of physics to diagnostics and therapeutics of human diseases. This second volume in a series of two complements the imaging modalities presen...
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Berlin [Germany] ; Boston [Massachusetts] :
De Gruyter,
2017
Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : 2017 |
| Series: | De Gruyter graduate
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Part A: Radiography
- 1. X-ray generation
- 2. Nuclei and isotopes
- 3. Interaction of radiation with matter
- 4. Radiation detection and protection
- 5. X-ray radiography
- 6. Scintigraphy
- 7. Positron emission tomography
- Part B: Radiotherapy
- 8. Cell cycle and cancer
- 9. X-ray radiotherapy
- 10. Charged particle radiotherapy
- 11. Neutron radiotherapy
- 12. Brachytherapy
- Part C: Diagnostics and therapeutics beyond radiology
- 13. Laser applications in medicine
- 14. Nanoparticles for nanomedical applications
- 15. Prosthetics
- 16. Questions & answers
- List of acronyms used in this book
- Index