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An introduction to radiation protection in medicine

Covers the physical and biological background of the subject and addresses the medical situations where radiation is the tool to diagnose or treat human disease. This text examines the framework of radiation protection guidelines introduced by the ICRP, and introduces the concepts of a system of rad...

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Other Authors: Trapp, Jamie V. (Editor), Kron, Tomas (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Taylor & Francis 2008.
Series:Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering.
Subjects:
Radiation Protection > methods.
Radiation Injuries > prevention & control.
Radiography > adverse effects.
Radiology.
Radiotherapy > adverse effects.
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Table of Contents:
  • Fundamentals of radiation physics / Jamie V. Trapp and Peter Johnston
  • Radiation and risk : radiobiological background / Tomas Kron
  • Radiation detection and simulation methods / Jamie V. Trapp and Peter Johnston
  • Managing radiation in the workplace / Peter Johnston, Jamie V. Trapp, and Tomas Kron
  • Radiation protection in diagnostic and interventional radiology / John Heggie
  • Radiation protection in nuclear medicine / Raymond Budd
  • Radiation protection in external beam radiotherapy / Jim Cramb
  • Radiation protection in brachytherapy / Ram Das.

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