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Advances in Radiation Protection and Dosimetry in Medicine

Part of the book series: Ettore Majorana International Science Series (EMISS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Opening of the Course

    1. Opening of the Course

      • Alessandro Rindi
      Pages 1-4
  3. Keynote Address

  4. Lectures

    1. Introduction and Fundamentals

      • Ralph H. Thomas
      Pages 27-49
    2. Advances in Energy Deposition Theory

      • Herwig G. Paretzke
      Pages 51-73
    3. Microdosimetry and Its Application to Biology

      • Harald H. Rossi
      Pages 75-82
    4. Late Effects of Low Doses and Dose Rates

      • Herwig G. Paretzke
      Pages 97-113
    5. Detectors for Radiation Dosimetry

      • Victor Perez-Mendez
      Pages 143-180
    6. Passive Detectors

      • Ralph H. Thomas
      Pages 181-226
    7. New Sources of Radiation

      • Walter Schimmerling
      Pages 227-267
    8. Radioisotopes Production by Accelerators

      • Claudio Birattari
      Pages 269-288
    9. Charged Particles in Medical Diagnosis

      • George T. Y. Chen, William R. Holley
      Pages 289-315
    10. Advances in Diagnostic Instrumentation

      • Victor Perez-Mendez
      Pages 317-343
    11. Dosimetry of Neutrons

      • J. J. Broerse
      Pages 395-413
    12. Biological Effects of Neutrons

      • J. J. Broerse
      Pages 415-429

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    Ralph H. Thomas

  • University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

    Victor Perez-Mendez

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Radiation Protection and Dosimetry in Medicine

  • Editors: Ralph H. Thomas, Victor Perez-Mendez

  • Series Title: Ettore Majorana International Science Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1715-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-1717-4Published: 12 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-1715-0Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 658

  • Number of Illustrations: 232 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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