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Cherry, Pam

 
9781405184267: Practical Radiotherapy Second Edition: Physics and Equipment

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Practical Radiotherapy introduces the reader to the physics and equipment that is central to radiotherapy practice. This Second Edition has been extensively revised and is fully up to date with key developments in equipment and practice, namely: stereotacic radiosurgery, CT SIM and SIM CT, portal imaging, MLC and HDR brachytherapy. Practical Radiotherapy is written by an experienced team of practitioners and teachers who present a difficult and dry subject in a reader-friendly manner, covering all of the required core information.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Pam Cherry is Acting Head of the Department of Radiography at City University, London

Angela M. Duxbury is Professor of Therapy Radiography at Sheffield Hallam University. She is Editor of the international Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice.

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Practical Radiotherapy introduces the reader to the physics and equipment that is central to radiotherapy practice.

The early section of the book deals with the essential physics and mathematics of radiation beams with chapters on atomic and applied laws of physics, X-ray production, radiation dosimetry and X-ray interactions with matter.

Each of the key pieces of radiotherapy department equipment is described in detail and further sections embrace all aspects of the therapeutic radiographer&;s work including: imaging systems, verification and immobilisation, legislation, radionuclide imaging and brachytherapy.

Based on the most up-to-date scientific information in radiotherapy, Pracatical Radiotherapy is written by an experienced team of practitioners and teachers who present a difficult and dry subject in a reader-friendly manner, covering all of the required core information.

This second edition has been extensively revised and is fully up to date with key developments in equipment and practice, namely: stereotacic radiosurgery, CT SIM and SIM CT, portal imaging, MLC and HDR brachytherapy.

Features

&; Covers the required core information in a single volume

&; Reader-friendly style and format

&; Self-assessment and further reading at the end of each chapter

&; All of the contributors are well known teachers in the field

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9781119512622: Practical Radiotherapy: Physics and Equipment

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  111951262X ISBN 13:  9781119512622
Casa editrice: Wiley-Blackwell, 2019
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