Title Statements
- Full title :Basic Radiation Oncology
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2021.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Springer International Publishing AG
- Place of Publication:Cham
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2021.
Notes
Description based upon print version of record.
2.1.5 Features of Cancer Cells
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (541 p.)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783030873080, 3030873080
- oclc:on1295276295
- LC Classification:R1
- Dewey Decimal:616.9940642
Table of Contents
1.4.1.1 Photoelectric Effect (Fig. 1.20) -- 1.4.2 Compton Effect -- 1.4.2.1 Compton Effect (Fig. 1.23) -- 1.4.3 Pair Production -- 1.4.3.1 Pair Production -- 1.4.4 Coherent Effect (= Rayleigh Scattering, = Thomson Scattering) -- 1.5 Specific Features of X-Rays -- 1.6 Specific Features of Electron Energies -- 1.7 Ionizing Radiation Units -- 1.8 Radiotherapy Generators -- 1.8.1 Kilovoltage Machines (1 MV) -- 1.8.3 Cobalt-60 Teletherapy Unit -- 1.8.4 Treatment Head and Collimator (Figs. 1.37 and 1.38) -- 1.8.5 Gantry
1.8.6 Linear Accelerator (Linac) -- 1.8.7 Magnetron (Fig. 1.39) [24] -- 1.9 Measurement of Ionizing Radiation -- 1.9.1 Portable Measuring Equipment -- 1.9.2 Ionization Chamber [25] -- 1.9.3 Geiger-Müller Counter (GM Counter) -- 1.9.4 Film Dosimeters [25] -- 1.9.5 Thermoluminescence Dosimeters (TLD) [25] -- 1.9.6 Other Measuring Equipment -- 1.9.6.1 Electron Spin Resonance (ESR)/Alanine Dosimeter [25] -- 1.10 Radiation Dosimetry -- 1.10.1 Phantom -- 1.10.2 Definition of Beam Geometry -- 1.10.3 Build-Up Region -- 1.10.4 Half-Value Layer (HVL) -- 1.10.5 Percentage Depth Dose (PDD)
1.10.6 Isodose Curves -- 1.10.7 Ionization Chamber in a Water Phantom -- 1.10.8 Dose Profile…
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