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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254619503321

Titolo

Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration Towards Radiobiology and Medicine / / edited by Antonio Giulietti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-31563-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, , 1618-7210

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Medical physics

Radiation

Nuclear medicine

Biomedical engineering

Particle acceleration

Medical and Radiation Physics

Nuclear Medicine

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

From the Contents: Part I Laser driven particle acceleration: From experiments to devices -- Ultra-intense lasers and particle acceleration: past, present and future -- Part II Biophysical studies with laser driven particle sources -- Part III Synchrotron, ion accelerator and microbeam -- Synchrotron source: dosimetry and pre-clinical trials.

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the new method of laser-driven acceleration for application to radiation biophysics and medicine. It provides multidisciplinary contributions from world leading scientist in order to assess the state of the art of innovative tools for radiation biology research and medical applications of ionizing radiation. The book contains insightful contributions on highly topical aspects of spatio-temporal radiation biophysics, evolving over several orders of magnitude, typically from femtosecond and sub-micrometer scales.



Particular attention is devoted to the emerging technology of laser-driven particle accelerators and their applicatio to spatio-temporal radiation biology and medical physics, customization of non-conventional and selective radiotherapy and optimized radioprotection protocols.