Linear Accelerators for Radiation Therapy
- ISBN-10
- 1000064956
- ISBN-13
- 9781000064957
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 286
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-08-02
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Authors
- David Greene, P.C Williams
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. 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 i
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