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An introduction to radiation protection in medicine / edited by Jamie V. Trapp, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Tomas Kron, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia. - 1 online resource : text file, PD - Series in medical physics and biomedical engineerin . - Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering .

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Introduction / Tomas Kron -- 2. Fundamentals of radiation physics / Jamie V. Trapp and Peter Johnston -- 3. Radiation and risk : radiobiological background / Tomas Kron -- 4. Radiation detection and simulation methods / Jamie V. Trapp and Peter Johnston -- 5. Managing radiation in the workplace / Peter Johnston, Jamie V. Trapp, and Tomas Kron -- 6. Radiation protection in diagnostic and interventional radiology / John Heggie -- 7. Radiation protection in nuclear medicine / Raymond Budd -- 8. Radiation protection in external beam radiotherapy / Jim Cramb -- 9. Radiation protection in brachytherapy / Ram Das -- 10. Outlook and conclusion / Tomas Kron



ISBN: 9781584889656 (ebook : PDF)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Radiology, Medical--Safety measures
Radiation--Safety measures

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.