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020 _a9781405184267
020 _a1405184264 (pbk.) :
100 _aCherry, P (ed)
245 0 _aPractical radiotherapy : physics and equipment
250 _a2nd
260 _aChichester, West Sussex, U.K.; Ames, Iowa :
_bWiley-Blackwell,
_c2009
300 _aix, 292 p. : ill. (pbk)
500 _aPrevious ed.: London: Greenwich Medical Media, 1998.
505 _aBasic skills for radiotherapy physics / Elaine Ryan -- X-ray production / Elaine Ryan -- Radiation dosimetry / Jan Chianese and Fiona Chamberlain -- X-ray interactions with matter / Kathryn Cooke -- Pre-treatment imaging / Caroline Wright, Jonathan McConnell, and Katheryn Churcher -- Simulation equipment / Alan Needham -- Immobilisation equipment / Helen White and Nick White -- Megavoltage equipment / David Flinton and Elizabeth Miles -- Kilovoltage equipment / David Flinton -- Treatment planning / John Conway and Christopher M. Bragg -- Methods of beam direction / Anne Jessop -- Advanced treatment delivery / Pete Bridge -- Treatment verification / Cath Holborn -- Introduction to radiation protection / Pete Bridge -- Use of radionuclides in imaging and therapy / David Duncan -- Sealed sources in radiotherapy / Tony Flynn and Bruce Thomadsen.
520 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 _aRadiology and Radiography
690 _aRadiotherapy
690 _aPhysics
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690 _aEquipment and Supplies
690 _aRadiography
700 _aDuxbury, A (ed)
999 _c48709
_d48709