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Physics of radiation therapy.
Khan's the physics of radiation therapy / Faiz M. Khan, John P. Gibbons.
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Title:[Physics of radiation therapy.]
Khan's the physics of radiation therapy / Faiz M. Khan, John P. Gibbons.
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Author/Creator:Khan, Faiz M., author.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Gibbons, John P., Jr., author.
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Published/Created:Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer, [2014]
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Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WN110 .K43 2014
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WN110 .K43 2014
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Medical physics.
Radiotherapy.
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Medical Subjects: Health Physics.
Radiometry.
Radiotherapy.
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Edition:Fifth edition.
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Description:xi, 572 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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Notes:Preceded by: The physics of radiation therapy / Faiz M. Khan. 4th ed. c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9781451182453
1451182457
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Basic Physics
1. Structure of Matter
2. Nuclear Transformations
3. Production of X-Rays
4. Clinical Radiation Generators
5. Interactions of Ionizing Radiation
6. Measurement of Ionizing Radiation
7. Quality of X-ray Beams
8. Measurement of Absorbed Dose
pt. II Classical Radiation Therapy
9. Dose Distribution and Scatter Analysis
10. System of Dosimetric Calculations
11. Treatment Planning I: Isodose Distributions
12. Treatment Planning II: Patient Data Acquisition, Treatment Verification, and Inhomogeneity Corrections
13. Treatment Planning III: Field Shaping, Skin Dose, and Field Separation
14. Electron Beam Therapy
15. Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy: Rules of Implantation and Dose Specification
16. Radiation Protection
17. Quality Assurance
18. Total Body Irradiation
pt. III Modern Radiation Therapy
19. Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy
20. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
21. Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery
22. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
23. High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy
24. Prostate Implants: Technique, Dosimetry, and Treatment Planning
25. Intravascular Brachytherapy
26. Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
27. Proton Beam Therapy.