Linear Accelerators for Radiation Therapy, Second Edition (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0750304766 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Linear Accelerators for Radiation Therapy, Second Edition focuses on the fundamentals of accelerator systems, explaining the underlying physics and the different features of these systems. With high-quality illustrations and practical examples throughout, it contains a detailed description of electron beam optics and linear accelerator components. This edition includes expanded sections on the treatment head, on x-ray production via multileaf and dynamic collimation for the production of wedged and other intensity modulat
" a reasonably sized and priced textbook that should be on every therapy department bookshelf and in every medical and radiography school. " a very welcome second edition thoroughly up to date with sections on MLCs, EPIDs, computer control of LINACs, dosimetry protocols, imaging and costs intensely practical and useful volume ," Professor S Webb, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust " excellent clearly written for medical physicists in the field." Professor S Lillicrap, Head of Medical Physics, Wessex Regional Medical Physics Service " notable improvements include technology of state-of-the-art radiotherapy techniques, more in-depth treatment of specialist topics such as wa
Mark McJury PhD said Everything you ever wanted to know about linacs but. This book is a comprehensive introduction to the principles and technology of linear accelerators (linacs) used in radiation therapy.Following a brief overview of the components of a typical linac, each subsequent chapter deals in detail with one component or part of the process of generating clinically useful photon and electron beams.Chapters cover electron acceleration processes, production and transport of electron beams, beam shaping and steering, and generation and control of microwave power sources. Topics such as com. "Good book for novices" according to Jonas Jasulaitis. I would say it is a good introductory book which covers the basic principles of operation of the linacs. I found interesting some comparison and differences of techniques used by various manufacturers (e.g Varian and Elekta). Text is clear, easy to read. However this book is more than 10 years old thus don't expect to find any of the state-of-the-art technologies here.. A.F. said Basic introductory book to Linacs. It goes through all the fundamentals of the inner working and design of a linac. It may not be the latest designs, but you can get a pretty good idea. And this book is a very good starting point if you want to go in to medical physics