Medical Physics. Physical Aspects of Therapeutics / / Hartmut Zabel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Zabel, Hartmut,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 2nd, completely revised edition
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter STEM ; Volume 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 295 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Part D: Radiotherapeutical methods --; 1 Radiobiology basics --; 2 X-ray radiotherapy --; 3 Charged particle radiotherapy --; 4 Neutron radiotherapy --; 5 Brachytherapy --; Part E: Diagnostics and therapeutics beyond radiology --; 6 Laser applications in medicine --; 7 Nanoparticles for nanomedical applications --; Part F: Measuring and statistics --; 8 Elements of medical statistics: measurements, population, distribution, reliability --; Appendix --; 9 Answers to questions --; 10 Solutions to exercises --; 11 List of acronyms (used in all three volumes) --; 12 Selection of fundamental physical constants, conversions, and relationships --; 13 List of scientists named in this volume --; 14 Glossary --; 15 Index of terms
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783111168739; 9783111175782; 9783111319292; 9783111318912; 9783111319124; 9783111318165
• DOI: 10.1515/9783111168739
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Hartmut Zabel.

The updated edition of the third of three vollumes on Medical Physics presents modern physical methods for medical therapy with a focus on tumor treatment. It provides background information on radiation biology, radiation response of tissues, and linear energy transfer through radiation. Therapies with external radiation sources (x-rays, protons, neutrons) as well as internal radiation sources (brachytherapy) are discussed in detail. Other chapters deal with the use of lasers and nanoparticles in modern medicine. This volume closes with a short chapter on medical statistics. NEW: highlighted boxes emphasize specifi c topics; math boxes explain more advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes with a summary of the key concepts, questions, exercises, and a self-assessment of the acquired competence. The appendix provides answers to questions and solutions to exercises.