Applied Physics for Radiation Oncology

Revised Edition

Robert Stanton, Donna Stinson

• Publisher: Medical Physics Publishing
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN:
  9781930524620
• Print ISBN:
  9781930524408

The updated, second edition of the textbook Applied Physics for Radiation Oncology, originally published in 1996. Intended for both radiation therapists and students of radiation therapy. Chapters cover treatment planning, photon and electron dosimetry, brachytherapy, methods of dose calculation, isodose curves, beam-modifying devices, patient and beam geometry, radiation protection, and clinical use and operation of linear accelerators. The authors unify the principles of radiation therapy physics with the real world of clinical practice. A must for radiation therapists.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• CHAPTER 1: Matter and Energy
• CHAPTER 2: Radiation and Its Properties
• CHAPTER 3: The Production of X-Rays
• CHAPTER 4: Radiation Quality
• CHAPTER 5: X-Ray and Y-Ray Interactions with Matter
• CHAPTER 6: Principles of Radiation Detectors
• CHAPTER 7: Determining Radiation Intensity
• CHAPTER 8: Why Use Higher Energy Beams?
• CHAPTER 9: Linear Accelerators
• CHAPTER 10: Other High-Energy Machines
• CHAPTER 11: The Geometry of Photon Beams
• CHAPTER 12: Photon Beam Dosimetry
• CHAPTER 13: Electron Beam Dosimetry
• CHAPTER 14: Treatment Planning
• CHAPTER 15: Clinical Applications in Treatment Planning
• CHAPTER 16: Brachytherapy
• CHAPTER 17: Radiation Safety
• APPENDIX 1: Signs and Symbols
• APPENDIX 2: Constants and Units
• APPENDIX 3: Glossary
• APPENDIX 4: Answers to Problems
• APPENDIX 5: Dosimetry Tables
• APPENDIX 6: Radioactive Nuclides
• APPENDIX 7: The Elements
• Periodic Chart of the Elements
• INDEX