Author: International Commission on Radiation Units and MeasurementsPublisher: International Commission on Radiation
ISBN: 9780913394168
Category : Radiation dosimetry.
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Measurement of Absorbed Dose in a Phantom Irradiated by a Single Beam of X Or Gamma Rays
Author: International Commission on Radiation Units and MeasurementsPublisher: International Commission on Radiation
ISBN: 9780913394168
Category : Radiation dosimetry.
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Airport Passenger Screening Using Backscatter X-Ray Machines
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309371333
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Passenger screening at commercial airports in the United States has gone through significant changes since the events of September 11, 2001. In response to increased concern over terrorist attacks on aircrafts, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed security systems of advanced imaging technology (AIT) to screen passengers at airports. To date (December 2014), TSA has deployed AITs in U.S. airports of two different technologies that use different types of radiation to detect threats: millimeter wave and X-ray backscatter AIT systems. X-ray backscatter AITs were deployed in U.S. airports in 2008 and subsequently removed from all airports by June 2013 due to privacy concerns. TSA is looking to deploy a second-generation X-ray backscatter AIT equipped with privacy software to eliminate production of an image of the person being screened in order to alleviate these concerns. This report reviews previous studies as well as current processes used by the Department of Homeland Security and equipment manufacturers to estimate radiation exposures resulting from backscatter X-ray advanced imaging technology system use in screening air travelers. Airport Passenger Screening Using Backscatter X-Ray Machines examines whether exposures comply with applicable health and safety standards for public and occupational exposures to ionizing radiation and whether system design, operating procedures, and maintenance procedures are appropriate to prevent over exposures of travelers and operators to ionizing radiation. This study aims to address concerns about exposure to radiation from X-ray backscatter AITs raised by Congress, individuals within the scientific community, and others.
Treatment Planning and Dose Calculation in Radiation Oncology
Author: Gunilla C. BentelPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483280411
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Treatment Planning and Dose Calculation in Radiation Oncology, Third Edition describes the treatment methods and technical guides as models of contemporary radiation therapy. These models should be modified for each individual patient to yield a best fit to the disease being treated and the radiation sources employed. This book is composed of seven chapters, and begins with an overview of the elements of clinical radiation oncology. The subsequent chapter deals with the production, interaction, and measurement of radiation. These topics are followed by intensive discussions of dose calculation for external beams and pretreatment procedures of radiation therapy. A chapter looks into the principles, apparatus, and dose calculation in brachytherapy. The final chapters describe the principles and practical applications of treatment planning. This book will be of value to radiation oncologists.
NBS Special Publication
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
CRC Handbook of Materials Science
Author: Charles T. LynchPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000697401
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
Published in 1974: The CRC Handbook of Materials Science provides a current and readily accessible guide to the physical properties of solid state and structural materials.
Absorbed Dose Determination in External Beam Radiotherapy
Author: International Atomic Energy AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This Code of Practice, which has also been endorsed by WHO, PAHO and ESTRO, fulfils the need for a systematic and internationally unified approach to the calibration of ionization chambers in terms of absorbed dose to water and to the use of these detectors in determining the absorbed dose to water for the radiation beams used in radiotherapy. It provides a methodology for the determination of absorbed dose to water in the low, medium and high energy photon beams, electron beams, proton beams and heavy ion beams used for external radiation therapy.
Nuclear Science Abstracts
Author: Medical Physics Data Book
Author: Perez and Brady's Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology
Author: Edward C. HalperinPublisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 9780781763691
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 2152
Book Description
The thoroughly updated fifth edition of this landmark work has been extensively revised to better represent the rapidly changing field of radiation oncology and to provide an understanding of the many aspects of radiation oncology. This edition places greater emphasis on use of radiation treatment in palliative and supportive care as well as therapy.
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