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An Introduction to Radiation Protection in Medicine

By John G Webster, Slavik Tabakov, E. Russell Ritenour, Kwan-Hoong Ng

Edited by Jamie V Trapp, Tomas Kron

Series: Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 

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Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. Fundamentals of Radiation Physics. Radiation and Risk: Radiobiological Background. Radiation Detection and Simulation Methods. Managing Radiation in the Workplace. Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology. Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine. Radiation Protection in External Beam Radiotherapy. Radiation Protection in Brachytherapy. Outlook and Conclusion. Glossary. Index.
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