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Radioguided surgery requires a significant amount of technology for its implementation. As a result, surgeons working in this field must have a basic know-how that extends beyond the standard surgical training and covers the relevant physics. Within this chapter we have tried to synthesize the background knowledge needed for a complete understanding of the most important aspects and processes. The terminology and the explanations target people just starting in the field, and the contents should prove readily intelligible as long as the complete chapter is read.
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Today’s physics distinguishes four major independent interactions: gravitation, electromagnetism, and the two nuclear forces (the weak and the strong).
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The term “radioactivity” derives from Marie Curie [1], who discovered this process in radium, which was among the first elements to be discovered by her and her husband, Pierre, at the turn of the nineteenth century.
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As mentioned above, radioactivity is an independent fundamental interaction.
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The unit Becquerel honors the discoverer of radioactivity, Henri Becquerel [1].
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In honor of Marie and Pierre Curie, pioneers in the understanding of radioactivity
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Effect named after Pierre Auger, who in 1923 discovered it independently from Lise Meitner, who was the first to report on it shortly beforehand in 1922 [5]
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The first explanation of the photoelectric effect in terms of currently accepted physics comes from Albert Einstein [6].
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In honor of Arthur H. Compton, who first observed and reported this in 1923 [7]
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Wendler, T., Eberlein, U., Lassmann, M. (2016). Physics of Radioguided Surgery: Basic Principles and Methods of Radiation Detection. In: Herrmann, K., Nieweg, O., Povoski, S. (eds) Radioguided Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26051-8_2
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