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UNINA9910455277603321 |
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Titolo |
Practical radiotherapy [[electronic resource] ] : physics and equipment / / edited by Pam Cherry, Angela M. Duxbury |
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Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-34369-6 |
9786612343698 |
1-4443-1618-4 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical physics |
Radiotherapy - Equipment and supplies |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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PRACTICAL RADIOTHERAPY: PHYSICS AND EQUIPMENT, Second Edition; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter 1: BASIC SKILLS FOR RADIOTHERAPY PHYSICS; Chapter 2: X-RAY PRODUCTION; Chapter 3: RADIATION DOSIMETRY; Chapter 4: X-RAY INTERACTIONS WITH MATTER; Chapter 5: PRE-TREATMENT IMAGING; Chapter 6: SIMULATION EQUIPMENT; Chapter 7: IMMOBILISATION EQUIPMENT; Chapter 8: MEGAVOLTAGE EQUIPMENT; Chapter 9: KILOVOLTAGE EQUIPMENT; Chapter 10: TREATMENT PLANNING AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS; Chapter 11: METHODS OF BEAM DIRECTION; Chapter 12: ADVANCED TREATMENT DELIVERY |
Chapter 13: TREATMENT VERIFICATIONChapter 14: INTRODUCTION TO RADIATION PROTECTION; Chapter 15: USE OF RADIONUCLIDES IN IMAGING AND THERAPY; Chapter 16: SEALED SOURCES IN RADIOTHERAPY; Appendix: SELF-TEST ANSWERS; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Practical Radiotherapy introduces the reader to the physics and equipment that is central to radiotherapy practice. This Second Edition has been extensively revised and is fully up to date with key developments in equipment and practice, namely: stereotacic |
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