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Opening of the Course.- The New Particles and Their Application in Medicine.- and Fundamentals.- Advances in Energy Deposition.- Microdosimetry and Its Applications to Biology.- Biological Effects of Radiation and Their Variation with Radiation Quality.- Late Effects of Low Doses and Dose Rates.- Radiation Risks in Man and the Rationale for the ICRP System of Dose Limitation.- The Role of the Theory of Dual Radiation Action in Radiation Protection.- Detectors for Radiation Dosimetry.- Passive Detectors.- New Sources of Radiation.- Radioisotopes Production by Accelerators.- Charged Particles in Medical Diagnosis.- Advances in Diagnostic Instrumentation.- Dosimetry of High Energy Photon Beams in Nonhomogeneous Media.- Dosimetry and Radiobiology of Protons as Applied to Cancer Therapy and Neurosurgery.- Dosimetry of Neutrons.- Biological Effects of Neutrons.- Dosimetry of Pions.- Radiobiological Effects of Pions.- Heavy-Ion Dosimetry.- The Biological Properties of High-Energy Charged Particles.- Treatment Planning for Charged Particle Radiotherapy.- Use of Computerized Tomography in Photon and Electron Treatment Planning.- Selected Advances in the Use of Computers in Radiation Theory.- Radiation Monitoring.- Participants.- Lecturers.
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Opening of the Course.- The New Particles and Their Application in Medicine.- and Fundamentals.- Advances in Energy Deposition.- Microdosimetry and Its Applications to Biology.- Biological Effects of Radiation and Their Variation with Radiation Quality.- Late Effects of Low Doses and Dose Rates.- Radiation Risks in Man and the Rationale for the ICRP System of Dose Limitation.- The Role of the Theory of Dual Radiation Action in Radiation Protection.- Detectors for Radiation Dosimetry.- Passive Detectors.- New Sources of Radiation.- Radioisotopes Production by Accelerators.- Charged Particles in Medical Diagnosis.- Advances in Diagnostic Instrumentation.- Dosimetry of High Energy Photon Beams in Nonhomogeneous Media.- Dosimetry and Radiobiology of Protons as Applied to Cancer Therapy and Neurosurgery.- Dosimetry of Neutrons.- Biological Effects of Neutrons.- Dosimetry of Pions.- Radiobiological Effects of Pions.- Heavy-Ion Dosimetry.- The Biological Properties of High-Energy Charged Particles.- Treatment Planning for Charged Particle Radiotherapy.- Use of Computerized Tomography in Photon and Electron Treatment Planning.- Selected Advances in the Use of Computers in Radiation Theory.- Radiation Monitoring.- Participants.- Lecturers.
