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1 online resource |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword; Foreword; Part 1: NEW TECHNIQUES IN RADIATION THERAPY; 1: Generation of Bremsstrahlung Radiation from Different Low- to High-Z Targets for Medical Applications: A Simulation Approach; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Historical Background; 1.1.2 Radiation Therapies for Cancer Diseases; 1.1.3 Today's Status in the World and India; 1.1.4 Importance and Objective; 1.2 Interaction of Radiations with Matter; 1.2.1 Interaction of Electrons with Matter; 1.2.1.1 Elastic collision with atomic electron |
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1.2.1.2 Elastic collision with atomic nuclei1.2.1.3 Inelastic collision with atomic electron; 1.2.1.4 Inelastic collision with atomic nuclei; 1.2.2 Interaction of Photons with Matter; 1.2.2.1 Photoelectric effect; 1.2.2.2 Compton scattering; 1.2.2.3 Pair production; 1.2.2.4 Photonuclear absorption; 1.2.3 Basic Mechanism of Cell Killing by Radiation; 1.3 Methodology; 1.3.1 Monte Carlo-Based FLUKA Simulation; 1.4 Case Studies; 1.4.1 Case I: Design of e-g Target for Radiation Therapy; 1.4.2 Case II: An Optimization of Accelerator Head Assembly for Radiotherapy; 1.4.2.1 Accelerator head assembly |
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1.4.2.2 Optimization of accelerator head assembly1.5 Conclusion; 2: The Investigation of Cobalt-60 Tomotherapy; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Tomotherapy; 2.2 Investigations of an Efficient Co-60 Source Design; 2.2.1 Description and Validation of the New Source Code; 2.2.2 Effect of Rectangular-Shaped Co-60 Source Width on Fan Beam Output; 2.2.3 Penumbra and Fringe Distance Estimates for Different Hypothetical Units; 2.3 Hypothetical Co-60 Tomotherapy Units; 2.3.1 Intensity-Modulated Fan Beam Energy Fluence Profiles; 2.4 Tomotherapy Treatment Planning |
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2.4.1 Dose Calculation Program and Monte Carlo Simulations2.5 Discussion; 2.6 A Brief Review of Recent Developments in Co-60-Based RT; 2.7 Conclusions; 3: Ferrous Sulfate-Benzoic Acid-Xylenol Orange Chemical Dosimetry System in Radiotherapy; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Chemical Dosimetry; 3.1.2 Fricke System; 3.1.3 Ferrous Sulfate-Benzoic Acid-Xylenol Orange Dosimetry System; 3.1.3.1 Applications of FBX dosimetry in radiotherapy; 3.2 Experiments; 3.2.1 Preparation of FBX Dosimetry Solution; 3.2.2 Spectrophotometer, Colorimeter and Optical Density Measurements |
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3.2.3 Determination of Optimum acid Concentration and Maximum Absorption Wavelength3.2.4 Suitability of Polypropylene Tubes for Irradiation; 3.2.5 Minimum Measurable Dose with Colorimeter and Spectrophotometer; 3.2.6 In vivo Dose Measurements with the FBX System; 3.2.7 Assessing Potential of FBX Dosimeter for Dynamic Wedge Profile Determination; 3.2.8 Response of the FBX Dosimeter to a Carbon Beam; 3.3 Results and Discussions; 3.4 Summary and Conclusions; 3.5 Future Scope; 4: Radiobiological Effects in Fractionated Radiotherapy of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| Subject |
Medical radiology.
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Promieniowanie
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Radiologia -- metody
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Radioterapia -- trendy
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Medical radiology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vidyasagar, Pandit B., editor
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Jagtap, Sagar S., editor
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Yemul, Omprakash, editor
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| ISBN |
9781351797412 |
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1351797417 |
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9789814745932 |
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9814745936 |
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9781315206561 |
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1315206560 |
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9781351797429 |
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1351797425 |
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9781351797405 |
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1351797409 |
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