The physics of radiation therapy

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khan, Faiz M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , c2003
Edition:3th ed
Subjects:

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300 |a xiii, 560, [45] p., [16] p. of plates :   |b ill. (some col.) ;   |c 29 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Structure of Matter -- 2. Nuclear Transformations -- 3. Production of X-rays -- 4. Clinical Radiation Generators -- 5. Interactions of Ionizing Radiation -- 6. Measurement of Ionizing Radiation -- 7. Quality of X-ray Beams -- 8. Measurement of Absorbed Dose -- 9. Dose Distribution and Scatter Analysis -- 10. A System of Dosimetric Calculations -- 11. Treatment Planning I: Isodose Distributions -- 12. Treatment Planning II: Patient Data, Corrections, and Set-up -- 13. Treatment Planning III: Field Shaping, Skin Dose, and Field Separation -- 14. Electron Beam Therapy -- 15. Brachytherapy -- 16. Radiation Protection -- 17. Quality Assurance -- 18. Total Body Irradiation -- 19. Three-dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy -- 20. Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy -- 21. Stereotactic Radiosurgery -- 22. High Dose Rate Brachytherapy -- 23. Prostate Implants -- 24. Intravascular Brachytherapy 
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650 1 2 |a Health Physics 
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650 2 2 |a Radiotherapy 
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