Physics of Modern Brachytherapy for Oncology

Zusatztext "Detailing the physics behind brachytherapy treatment! this book is essential reading for researchers! practicing radiation oncologists! and medical physicists who want to keep abreast of the developments in this changing field as well as for postgraduate students in medical physics." -In Anticancer Research! Nov-Dec 2008! Vol. 28! No. 6B Informationen zum Autor Dimos Baltas! Loukas Sakelliou and Nikolaos Zamboglou Klappentext Written by leading experts in the physics! development! and implementation of brachytherapy! The Physics of Modern Brachytherapy for Oncology discusses the basic physics behind modern brachytherapy and addresses all practical issues! such as production! calibration! and dosimetry of sources. Beginning with fundamental atomic and nuclear physics! the book discusses the radionuclides used in brachytherapy! reflecting upon past (radium)! present (iodine! palladium! iridium! or cobalt)! and future (ytterbium or thulium) methods. It proceeds to examine source calibration and dosimetry protocols for dose rate calculation while the final chapters explore more recent processes! including Monte Carlo-aided! experimental! and gel dosimetry. Zusammenfassung Discusses the basic physics behind modern brachytherapy and addresses various practical issues, such as production, calibration, and dosimetry of sources. This book also discusses the fundamental atomic and nuclear physics and the radionuclides used in brachytherapy. It examines source calibration and dosimetry protocols for dose rate calculation. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Early History of Brachytherapy Physics. Radiation Quantities and Units. Atoms, Nuclei, Elementary Particles, and Radiations. Interaction Properties of Photons and Electrons. Brachytherapy Radionuclides and Their Properties. Production and Construction of Sealed Sources. Source Specification and Source Calibration. Source Dosimetry. Monte Carlo-Based Source Dosimetry. Experimental Dosimetry. Appendix 1: Data Table of the Isotopes. Appendix 2: Unit Conversion Factors and Physical Constants. Appendix 3: TG-43 Tables for Brachytherapy Sources. Appendix 4 Dose Rate Tables for Brachytherapy Sources. Index....

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• Authors: D. Krieger Baltas, Dimos Baltas, Dimos (Klinikum Offenbach Baltas, Dimos Sakelliou Baltas, BALTAS D KRIEGER H ZAMBOGLOU, Baltas Dimos, H. Krieger, Loukas Sakelliou, Loukas (University of Athens Sakelliou, Sakelliou Loukas, Nikolaos Zamboglou, Nikolaos (Klinikum Offenbach Zamboglou, Zamboglou Nikolaos
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2006
• EAN: 9780750307086
• ISBN: 978-0-7503-0708-6
• No. of pages: 666
• Series: Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering; Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Medical professions; MEDICAL / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics, Oncology, Therapy & therapeutics, Medical physics, Therapy and therapeutics, MEDICAL / Oncology / General