Applied radiobiology; continuous irradiation and brachytherapy. (CD-ROM included).9781930524392 Applied radiobiology radiobiology /ra·dio·bi·ol·o·gy/ (-bi-ol´ah-je) the branch of science concerned with effects of light and of ultraviolet and ionizing radiations on living tissue or organisms. ; continuous irradiation irradiation /ir·ra·di·a·tion/ (i-ra?de-a´shun) 1. radiotherapy. 2. the dispersion of nervous impulse beyond the normal path of conduction. 3. and brachytherapy. (CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). included) Wigg, David R. Medical Physics Pub. 2008 265 pages $140.00 Hardcover RC271 Wigg (Clinical Radiobiology Unit, Cancer Services, Royal Adelaide Hospital The Royal Adelaide Hospital is Adelaide's largest hospital with over 700 beds. Founded in 1840, the Royal Adelaide provides tertiary health care services for South Australia and provides secondary care clinical services to residents of Adelaide's inner city. , Australia) presents a textbook describing the radiobiological processes involved in the medical use of continuous irradiation, either as pulsed treatments or by permanent implants using decaying sources, and brachytherapy, the related technique of using sources placed in or close to the volume being treated. Chapters cover the basic radiobiology of continuous irradiation, therapeutic gain models for continuous irradiation, permanent seed implants, properties of small-volume tumors and subclinical subclinical /sub·clin·i·cal/ (sub-klin´i-k'l) without clinical manifestations. sub·clin·i·cal adj. Not manifesting characteristic clinical symptoms. Used of a disease or condition. disease, dose and dose-volume inhomogeneities, tissue architecture and its effect on normal tissue and tumor response to irradiation, and three-dimensional volume effects. A significant part of the text involves the use of Mathcad 2001 models that have been written to demonstrate some of the biology involved and to provide approximate mathematical solutions. The CD-ROM contains 21 of these equation models. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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