Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 510 pages) |
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Biological and medical physics, Biomedical engineering, 1618-7210 |
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Biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering.
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Contents |
Preface -- Acronyms. Part I Radiation Induced Damage at the Molecular Level 1: Nanoscale Dynamics of Radiosensitivity: Role of Low Energy Electrons -- 2: The Role of Secondary Electrons in Radiation Damage -- 3: Electron Transfer-Induced Fragmentation in (Bio)Molecules by Atom-Molecule -- 4: Following Resonant Compound States after Electron Attachment -- 5: Electron-Biomolecule Collision Studies Using the Schwinger Multichannel Method -- 6: Resonances in Electron Collisions with Small Biomolecules Using the R-Matrix Method -- 7: A Multiple-Scattering Approach to Electron Collisions with Small Molecular Clusters -- 8: Positronium Formation and Scattering from Biologically Relevant Molecules -- 9: Total Cross Sections for Positron Scattering from Bio-Molecules -- 10: Soft X-ray Interaction with Organic Molecules of Biological Interest -- 11: Ion-Induced Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems -- 12: Theory and Calculation of Stopping Cross Sections of Nucleobases for Swift Ions. Part II Modelling Radiation Damage 13: Monte Carlo Methods to Model Radiation Interactions and Induced Damage -- 14: Positron and Electron Interactions and Transport in Biological Media -- 15: Energy Loss of Swift Protons in LiquidWater: Role of Optical Data Input and Extension Algorithms -- 16: Quantum-Mechanical Contributions to Numerical Simulations of Charged Particle Transport at the DNA Scale -- 17: Multiscale Approach to Radiation Damage Induced by Ions -- 18: Track-Structure Monte Carlo Modelling in X-ray and Megavoltage Photon Radiotherapy -- 19: Simulation of Medical Linear Accelerators with PENELOPE. Part III Biomedical Aspects of Radiation Effects 20: Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks -- 21: Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with Low-Dose Gamma Radiation -- 22: Chromosome Aberrations by Heavy Ions -- 23: Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Radiation Response in Cell and Tissue Models -- 24: Therapeutic Applications of Ionizing Radiations -- 25: Optimized Molecular Imaging through Magnetic Resonance for Improved Target Definition in Radiation Oncology. Part IV Future Trends in Radiation Research and its Applications 26: Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation -- 27: Photodynamic Therapy -- 28: Auger Emitting Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Therapy -- 29: Using a matrix approach in nonlinear beam dynamics for optimizing beam spot size -- 30 Future Particle Accelerator Developments for Radiation Therapy. Part III Biomedical Aspects of Radiation Effects 20: Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks -- 21: Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with Low-Dose Gamma Radiation -- 22: Chromosome Aberrations by Heavy Ions -- 23: Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Radiation Response in Cell and Tissue Models -- 24: Therapeutic Applications of Ionizing Radiations -- 25: Optimized Molecular Imaging through Magnetic Resonance for Improved Target Definition in Radiation Oncology. Part IV Future Trends in Radiation Research and its Applications 26: Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation -- 27: Photodynamic Therapy -- 28: Auger Emitting Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Therapy -- 29: Using a matrix approach in nonlinear beam dynamics for optimizing beam spot size -- 30 Future Particle Accelerator Developments for Radiation Therapy. Part IV Future Trends in Radiation Research and its Applications 26: Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation -- 27: Photodynamic Therapy -- 28: Auger Emitting Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Therapy -- 29: Using a matrix approach in nonlinear beam dynamics for optimizing beam spot size -- 30: Future Particle Accelerator Developments for Radiation Therapy |
Summary |
Annotation Featuring the work of research groups worldwide, this book covers advances in radiation protection including research on radiation-induced damage at the molecular level, radiation damage modelling, biomedical aspects of radiation effects and much more |
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Physics |
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Radiotherapy |
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Nucleic acids |
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Environmental protection |
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Medical and Radiation Physics |
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Biophysics and Biological Physics |
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Nucleic Acid Chemistry |
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Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
Radiation -- Physiological effect.
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Radiation -- Toxicology.
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Radiation injuries.
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Radiotherapy -- Complications.
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Radiotherapy.
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Cellular Structures -- radiation effects
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Radiation Injuries
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Radiotherapy
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Contraindications
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Radiotherapy -- adverse effects
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- General.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Radiotherapy
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Radiation injuries
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Radiation -- Physiological effect
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Radiation -- Toxicology
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Radiotherapy -- Complications
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
García Gómez-Tejedor, Gustavo
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Fuss, Martina Christina
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ISBN |
9789400725645 |
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9400725647 |
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9400725639 |
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9789400725638 |
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1280399937 |
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9781280399930 |
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9786613577856 |
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6613577855 |
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