Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists

• Main Author: Podgorsak, Ervin B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2016.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Radiology.; Nuclear medicine.; Particle acceleration.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Biomedical engineering.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Biomedical Engineering.; Nuclear Medicine.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.

This textbook summarizes the basic knowledge of atomic, nuclear, and radiation physics that professionals working in medical physics and biomedical engineering need for efficient and safe use of ionizing radiation in medicine. Concentrating on the underlying principles of radiation physics, the text...