Nuclear and Radiation Physics in Medicine: A Conceptual Introduction - Rilegato

Key, Tony

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 9814566802 ISBN 13: 9789814566803

Casa editrice: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2014

Riassunto

Modern physics, radiation, atomic and nuclear physics have revolutionized medical diagnosis and the treatment of cancer. The work of the scientists whose discoveries fuelled this revolution is an important part of our scientific and cultural heritage. Using basic physics and simple mathematics this book shows how the discoveries of fundamental physics lead to an understanding of the important design principles of diagnosis and radiation therapy. With its carefully chosen and realistic exercises and worked examples, it provides a brief introduction and broad foundation for students and practitioners in the life sciences.This book could be used as a text for an introductory course in medical physics or biophysics. For those who are starting their careers in medical sciences or are already practitioners, it offers some interesting and useful background and an aide-memoire of the basics. For members of the public it could provide a deeper understanding of the science that informs the medical procedures that too many will be subject to, at a deeper level than the often excellent but, of necessity very basic and purely practical information available from hospitals and Web sites. The former audience may be interested in the mathematical demonstrations; the latter certainly will not be. However, for both audiences, the details of the calculations are less important than the knowledge that they can be done.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9814566802
• ISBN 13: 9789814566803
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 128
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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