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Main description:
This book summarizes basic knowledge of atomic, nuclear, and radiation physics that professionals need for efficient and safe use of ionizing radiation. Concentrating on the underlying principles of radiation physics, it covers prerequisite knowledge for medical physics courses on the graduate and post-graduate levels, providing the link between elementary physics on the one hand and the intricacies of the medical physics specialties on the other.
Contents:
to Modern Physics.- Coulomb Scattering.- Rutherford-Bohr Model of the Atom.- Production of X Rays.- Two#x2014;Particle Collisions.- Interactions of Charged Particles with Matter.- Interactions of Photons with Matter.- Energy Transfer and Energy Absorption in Photon Interactions with Matter.- Interactions of Neutrons with Matter.- Kinetics of Radioactive Decay.- Modes of Radioactive Decay.- Production of Radionuclides.- Waveguide Theory.- Particle Accelerators in Medicine.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Publication date: March, 2010
Pages: 778
Weight: 1646g
Availability: Contact supplier
Subcategories: Biomedical Engineering, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology
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