Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration Towards Radiobiology and Medicine

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Giulietti, Antonio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear medicine.; Particle acceleration.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Biomedical engineering.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; Nuclear Medicine.; Biomedical Engineering.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.

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 appli...

Table of Contents:

• 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.