An introduction to radiation protection in medicine
By: edited by Jamie V. Trapp, Tomas Kron.
Contributors: Trapp, Jamie V.; Kron, Tomas.
Series: Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781584889649
Subjects: Radiology, Medical -- Safety measures; Radiation -- Safety measures; Radiation Protection -- methods; Radiation Injuries -- prevention & control; Radiography -- adverse effects; Radiology; Radiotherapy -- adverse effects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fundamentals of radiation physics; title: Radiation and risk: radiobiological background; title: Radiation detection and simulation methods; title: Managing radiation in the workplace; title: Radiation protection in diagnostic and interventional radiology; title: Radiation protection in nuclear medicine; title: Radiation protection in external beam radiotherapy; title: Radiation protection in brachytherapy.