Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists

• Main Author: Podgoršak, Ervin B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Physics.; Human physiology.; Radiology.; Nuclear medicine.; Particle acceleration.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Human Physiology.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Nuclear Medicine.; Biomedical Engineering.

This book summarizes the radiation physics knowledge that professionals working in medical physics need to master for efficient and safe dealings with ionizing radiation. It contains eight chapters, each chapter covering a specific group of subjects related to radiation physics and is intended as a...

Table of Contents:

• to Modern Physics
• Rutherford—Bohr Atomic Model
• Production of X Rays
• Two—Particle Collisions
• Interactions of Charged Particles with Matter
• Interactions of Neutrons with Matter
• Interactions of Photons with Matter
• Radioactivity.