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Advances in Radiation Protection and Dosimetry in Medicine

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. Ralph H. Thomas

    1. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

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  2. Victor Perez-Mendez

    1. University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

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Part of the book series: Ettore Majorana International Science Series (EMISS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Opening of the Course

    1. Opening of the Course

      • Alessandro Rindi
      Pages 1-4

  3. Keynote Address

    1. The New Particles and Their Application in Medicine

      • Stanley B. Curtis
      Pages 5-25

  4. Lectures

    1. Introduction and Fundamentals

      • Ralph H. Thomas
      Pages 27-49

    2. Advances in Energy Deposition Theory

      • Herwig G. Paretzke
      Pages 51-73

    3. Microdosimetry and Its Application to Biology

      • Harald H. Rossi
      Pages 75-82

    4. Biological Effects of Radiation and Their Variation with Radiation Quality

      • Giovanni Silini
      Pages 83-95

    5. Late Effects of Low Doses and Dose Rates

      • Herwig G. Paretzke
      Pages 97-113

    6. Radiation Risks in Man and the Rationale for the ICRP System of Dose Limitation

      • Giovanni Silini
      Pages 115-130

    7. The Role of the Theory of Dual Radiation Action in Radiation Protection

      • Harald H. Rossi
      Pages 131-141

    8. Detectors for Radiation Dosimetry

      • Victor Perez-Mendez
      Pages 143-180

    9. Passive Detectors

      • Ralph H. Thomas
      Pages 181-226

    10. New Sources of Radiation

      • Walter Schimmerling
      Pages 227-267

    11. Radioisotopes Production by Accelerators

      • Claudio Birattari
      Pages 269-288

    12. Charged Particles in Medical Diagnosis

      • George T. Y. Chen, William R. Holley
      Pages 289-315

    13. Advances in Diagnostic Instrumentation

      • Victor Perez-Mendez
      Pages 317-343

    14. Dosimetry of High Energy Photon Beams in Non Homogeneous Media

      • Andrée Dutreix
      Pages 345-365

    15. Dosimetry and Radiobiology of Protons as Applied to Cancer Therapy and Neurosurgery

      • Börje Larsson
      Pages 367-394

    16. Dosimetry of Neutrons

      • J. J. Broerse
      Pages 395-413

    17. Biological Effects of Neutrons

      • J. J. Broerse
      Pages 415-429
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    Ralph H. Thomas

  • University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

    Victor Perez-Mendez

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Radiation Protection and Dosimetry in Medicine

  • Editors: Ralph H. Thomas, Victor Perez-Mendez

  • Series Title: Ettore Majorana International Science Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1715-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-1717-4Published: 12 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-1715-0Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 658

  • Number of Illustrations: 232 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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