Medical Physics. Physical Aspects of Therapeutics / / 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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1 |
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| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIV, 295 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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