Health Protection Agency, Chilton, 05/2009. cause of lung cancer, after cigarette smoking, and causes 21000 lung cancer deaths per year in the USA. The average annual dose to members of the UK population from this source is about 1.3 ...
Each chapter contains problems with solutions. The book presents an accessible account of the sources of ionising radiation and the methods of radiation protection.
Combining facets of health physics with medicine, An Introduction to Radiation Protection in Medicine covers the background of the subject and the medical situations where radiation is the tool to diagnose or treat human disease.
This book takes the reader through the general background to the subject, the technical principles underlying the control of radiation haz
Figure 2.2 shows an excerpt from the 15th edition of Nuclides and Isotopes by Parrington et al.2 The grey-shaded blocks are the stable isotopes of each element; others are radioactive isotopes. For each element, at the far left, ...
This text/reference provides an excellent introduction to fundamental topics in radiation protection, including energetics, kinetics, interaction, external radiation protection, dosimetry, standards, and measurement.
Calculation exercises offer practice in applying the formulas and equations introduced in the text. Answers are provided in the back of the book so you can easily check your work.
This book introduces the fundamental aspects of Radiation Protection in Medical Physics and covers three main themes: General Radiation Protection Principles; Radiobiology Principles; Radiation Protection in Hospital Medical Physics.
There are many kinds of radiation all around us. When people hear the word radiation, they often think of atomic energy, nuclear power and radioactivity, but radiation has many other forms.
This is an ideal textbook for students and a ready source of useful information for nuclear medicine specialists and medical physics experts. This book explains clearly and in detail all aspects of radiation protection in nuclear medicine.