Cobalt Blues The Story of Leonard Grimmett, the Man Behind the First Cobalt-60 Unit in the United States /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Almond, Peter R. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Cancer research.; Radiology.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; History of Science.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Cancer Research.

For the latter half of the 20th century, cobalt-60 units were the mainstay of radiation treatments for cancer. Cobalt Blues describes the development of the first cobalt-60 unit in the United States and the man behind it, Leonard Grimmett. Conceptually conceived before World War II, it only became p...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Prologue
• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 1941-1946
• The Journey, January 29 to February 7, 1949
• Early Life and Education, London 1903-1929
• Medical Physicist Part I, London 1929-1944
• The Unknown Years and UNESCO Paris, 1944-1948
• Replacing Radium 1937-1949
• Arrival, Houston February 1949
• The Cobalt Unit 1949-1954
• Medical Physicist Part II, Houston 1949-1951
• Cobalt-60 and the Notebook
• Cobalt-60 in Perspective
• Epilogue: Grimmett the Man
• Appendix A: Principles of Radiotherapy
• Appendix B: Principles of Reactor Production of Cobalt-60
• Appendix C: Grimmett’s Suggested References on Cobalt-60.