This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of all relevant topics in the field of radiation protection (health physics). The text is organized to introduce the reader to basic principles of radiation emission and propagation, to review current knowledge and historical aspects of the biological effects of radiation, and to cover important operational topics such as radiation shielding and dosimetry. The author's website contains materials for instructors including PowerPoint slides for lectures and worked-out solutions to end-of-chapter exercises. The book serves as an...
This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of all relevant topics in the field of radiation protection (health physics). The text i...
If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. From The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran This was a very satisfying book to write, but also perhaps a very dangerous one. After 15 years of building a base of knowledge in radiopharmaceutical dosimetry (under the expert guidance of Evelyn Watson at the Oak Ridge Dosimetry Center), 8 years of teaching radiation protection and dosimetry at the university level (in northeastern Brazil and at Vanderbilt University in the United States), and Photo used with permission. Copyright (c)...
If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. From The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran This was a ve...
This text is meant to serve as the basis for a two-course series in the study of radiation protection (a. k. a. health physics ). The ?rst course would be an introduction to and fast-paced overview of the subject. For some, this is the only course in radiation protection that they will take, and thus all material must be covered in a fairly super?cial and rapid fashion. The second course is a more in-depth and applied study of radiation protection, bringing in current materials from the literature, a detailed study of regulations, practice with re- world dose and shielding calculations, and...
This text is meant to serve as the basis for a two-course series in the study of radiation protection (a. k. a. health physics ). The ?rst course woul...
Written by one of the world's leading experts in the field of nuclear medicine dosimetry, this text describes in detail the use of internal dose calculations in the practice of nuclear medicine. While radiation therapy with external sources of radiation always employs calculations of dose to optimize therapy for each patient, this is not routinely conducted in nuclear medicine therapy. As the trend towards an increasing role of dosimetry in therapy planning increases, this book reviews the available methods and technologies available to make this a more common practice.
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Written by one of the world's leading experts in the field of nuclear medicine dosimetry, this text describes in detail the use of internal dose ca...
