Practical radiotherapy
Subtitle: physics and equipment
By: edited by Pam Cherry, Angela M. Duxbury.
Contributors: Cherry, Pam.; Duxbury, Angela.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; Ames, Iowa, USA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405184267
Subjects: Medical physics; Radiotherapy -- Equipment and supplies; Radiotherapy -- instrumentation; Health Physics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Basic skills for radiotherapy physics / Elaine Ryan; title: X-ray production / Elaine Ryan; title: Radiation dosimetry / Jan Chianese and Fiona Chamberlain; title: X-ray interactions with matter / Kathryn Cooke; title: Pre-treatment imaging / Caroline Wright, Katheryn Churcher, and Jonathan McConnell; title: Simulation equipment / Alan Needham; title: Immobilisation equipment / Helen and Nick White; title: Megavoltage equipment / David Flinton and Elizabeth Miles; title: Kilovoltage equipment / David Flinton; title: Treatment planning / John Conway and Christopher Bragg; title: Methods of beam direction / Anne Jessop; title: Advanced treatment delivery / Pete Bridge; title: Treatment verification / Cath Holborn; title: Introduction to radiation protection / Pete Bridge; title: Use of radionuclides in imaging / David Duncan; title: Brachytherapy physics and equipment / Bruce Thomadsen.