عنوان

Khan's the physics of radiation therapy /

(Number (ISBN

1451182457

(Number (ISBN

9781451182453

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Title Proper

Khan's the physics of radiation therapy /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Faiz M. Khan, John P. Gibbons

Edition Statement

Fifth edition

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 572 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (chiefly color) ;

Dimensions

29 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Structure of matter -- Nuclear transformations -- Production of x-rays -- Clinical radiation generators -- Interactions of ionizing radiation -- Measurement of ionizing radiation -- Quality of x-ray beams -- Measurement of absorbed dose -- Dose distribution and scatter analysis -- A system of dosimetric calculations -- Treatment planning I : isodose distributions -- Treatment planning II : patient data acquisition, treatment verification, and inhomogeneity corrections -- Treatment planning III : field shaping, skin dose, and field separation -- Electron beam therapy -- Low-dose-rate brachytherapy : rules of implantation and dose specification -- Radiation protection -- Quality assurance -- Total body irradiation -- Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy -- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy -- Stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery -- Stereotactic body radiation therapy -- High-dose-rate brachytherapy -- Prostate implants : technique, dosimetry, and treatment planning -- Intravascular brachytherapy -- Image-guided radiation therapy -- Proton beam therapy

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General Material Designation

Physics of radiation therapy

Medical physics

Radiotherapy

Health Physics

Radiometry

Radiotherapy

Number

Edition

Class number

Class number

Book number

Book number

Class number

Khan, Faiz M.

Gibbons, John P.,Jr.

Date of Transaction

20140520021927.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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