Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists

• Main Author: Podgorsak, Ervin B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Physics.; Radiology, Medical.; Nuclear medicine.; Particle acceleration.; Biomedical engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Biomedical Engineering.; Nuclear Medicine.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00875-7

This well-received textbook and reference summarizes the basic knowledge of atomic, nuclear, and radiation physics that professionals working in medical physics and biomedical engineering need for efficient and safe use of ionizing radiation. Concentrating on the underlying principles of radiation p...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Modern Physics
• Coulomb Scattering
• Rutherford  Bohr Atomic Model
• Production of X Rays
• Two-Particle Collisions
• Interaction of Charged Particles with Matter
• Interaction of Photons with Matter
• Energy Transfer and Energy Absorption in Photon Interactions with Matter
• Interaction of Neutrons with Matter
• Kinetics of Radioactive Decay
• Modes of Radioactive Decay
• Production of Radionuclides
• Waveguide Theory
• Particle Accelerators in Medicine.