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Radiation Oncology
Khan's the physics of radiation therapy (5th ed.)
Full Text online at UML.
This book is written primarily with the needs of residents and clinical physicists in mind. Therefore, greater emphasis is given to the practice of physics in the clinic. For the residents, the book provides both basic radiation physics and physical aspects of treatment planning, using photon beams, electron beams, and brachytherapy sources. For the clinical physicist, additionally, current information is provided on dosimetry.
Introduction to radiological physics and radiation dosimetry/ Attix
A straightforward presentation of the broad concepts underlying radiological physics and radiation dosimetry for the graduate-level student. Covers photon and neutron attenuation, radiation and charged particle equilibrium, interactions of photons and charged particles with matter, radiotherapy dosimetry, as well as photographic, calorimetric, chemical, and thermoluminescence dosimetry. Includes many new derivations, such as Kramers X-ray spectrum, as well as topics that have not been thoroughly analyzed in other texts, such as broad-beam attenuation and geometrics, and the reciprocity theorem. Subjects are layed out in a logical sequence, making the topics easier for students to follow. Supplemented with numerous diagrams and tables.
Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists (2nd ed.) Podgorsak
Full Text online at UML
This book is intended as a textbook for a radiation physics course in academic medical physics graduate programs as well as a reference book for candidates preparing for certification examinations in medical physics sub-specialities. The book may also be of interest to many professionals, not only physicists, who in their daily occupations deal with various aspects of medical physics or radiation physics and have a need or desire to improve their understanding of radiation physics.
Compendium to radiation physics for medical physicists : 500 problems and solutions/ Podgorsak
This book is intended as a supplementary textbook for a radiation physics course in academic medical physics and biomedical engineering graduate programs as well as a reference book for candidates preparing for certification examinations in medical physics sub-specialties. The book may also be of interest to graduate students in physics, chemistry, and various branches of engineering wishing to improve their knowledge and understanding of modern physics and its intimate relationship with radiation physics applied to medicine.
Radiobiology for the radiologist (7th ed.) Hall
Full Text online at UML
It consists of two sections, one for those studying or practicing diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation oncology; the other for those engaged in the study or clinical practice of radiation oncology -- a new chapter, on radiologic terrorism, is specifically for those in the radiation sciences who would manage exposed individuals in the event of a terrorist event.
Structural Shielding Design For Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities/ NCRP 147
The Report addresses the structural shielding design for medical x-ray imaging facilities and supersedes the parts that address such facilities in NCRP Report No. 49, Structural Shielding Design and Evaluation for Medical Use of X Rays and Gamma Rays of Energies Up to 10 MeV, which was issued in September 1976.
Structural Shielding Design and Evaluation for Megavoltage X -and Gamma-Ray Radiotherapy Facilities/ NCRP 151
This Report includes the necessary information for higher accelerating voltages as well as a discussion of the various factors to be considered in the selection of appropriate shielding materials and in the calculation and evaluation of barrier thicknesses.
Comprehensive audits of radiotherapy practices : a tool for quality improvement/ IAEA
Print edition at NJM
The objective of a comprehensive clinical audit is to review and evaluate the quality of all components of the practice of radiotherapy at a cancer center, with a view to quality improvement. The present guidelines provide an audit methodology for multidisciplinary expert teams to initiate, perform and report on such audits
Diagnostic Radiology
Guidelines for the safe use of diagnostic ultrasound equipment
Prepared by the Safety Group of the British Medical Ultrasound Society
Ultrasound May 2010 vol. 18 no. 2 52-59
Introduction to medical imaging physics, engineering and clinical applications/ Smith
Full Text online at UML
Covering the basics of X-rays, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and MRI, this textbook provides senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students with a broad introduction to medical imaging. Over 130 end-of-chapter exercises are included, in addition to solved example problems, which enable students to master the theory as well as providing them with the tools needed to solve more difficult problems.
Medical image analysis 2nd ed./ Dhawan
The most comprehensive reference of medical imaging modalities and image analysis techniques The last two decades have witnessed revolutionary advances in medical imaging and computerized medical image processing.
Physics of mammographic imaging/ Markey
Full Text online at UML
The primary audience for this book is medical physicists and biomedical engineers; radiologists involved in breast imaging research will also benefit from it. The book is intended to be valuable either for use in a graduate level course or for selfstudy by practitioners. This book characterizes the current role, and future potential, of x-ray-based digital breast imaging. The goal of the text is to provide technical details, but in the context of clinical needs, complementary approaches, and ongoing research, such that the reader will be empowered to identify key areas for future research.
Radiation Exposure and Image Quality in X-Ray Diagnostic Radiology/ Aichinger
Full Text online at UML
The figures and tables included should enable a medical physicist to:
• Calculate the scatter-free characteristic quantities of the primary radiation beam
• Estimate patient doses (organ dose, effective dose)
• Optimise radiographic and fluoroscopic exposure parameters in relation to the medical indication
• Take into account the influence of scattered radiation on image quality and dose
Nuclear Medicine
Physics in Nuclear Medicine 4th ed./ Cherry
Physics and instrumentation affect all of the subspecialty areas of nuclear medicine. Because of their fundamental importance, they usually are taught as a separate course in nuclear medicine training programs. This book is intended for use in such programs by physicians, technologists, and scientists who desire to become specialists in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, as well as a reference source for physicians, scientists, and engineers in related fields.
The physics of radiology 4th ed./ Johns & Cunningham
Full Text online at UML and print edition at Science
Positron Emission Tomography: Basic Sciences/ Bailey
Full Text online at UML
The audience that this is intended for is the scientist, engineer, medical graduate or student who wants to learn more about the science of PET.
Magnetic Resonance
Magnetic resonance imaging : physical principles and sequence design 2nd ed./ Brown
Begins with an introduction to fundamental principles, with coverage of magnetization, relaxation, quantum mechanics, signal detection and acquisition, Fourier imaging, image reconstruction, contrast, signal, and noise. The second part of the text explores MRI methods and applications, including fast imaging, water-fat separation, steady state gradient echo imaging, echo planar imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging, and induced magnetism. Lastly, the text discusses important hardware issues and parallel imaging.
Handbook of MRI pulse sequences/ Bernstein
Full Text online at UML and print edition at NJM
Principles of magnetic resonance imaging : a signal processing perspective/ Liang
This definitive text will help undergraduate and graduate students of biomedical engineering, biomedical imaging scientists, radiologists, and electrical engineers gain an in-depth understanding of MRI principles. The authors use a signal processing approach to describe the fundamentals of magnetic resonance imaging. You will find a clear and rigorous discussion of these carefully selected essential topics:
Mathematical fundamentals
Signal generation and detection principles
Signal characteristics
Signal localization principles
Image reconstruction techniques
Image contrast mechanisms
Image resolution, noise, and artifacts
Fast-scan imaging
Constrained reconstruction
Other Resources
Statistical Methods in Radiation Physics/ Turner
This statistics textbook, with particular emphasis on radiation protection and dosimetry, deals with statistical solutions to problems inherent in health physics measurements and decision making. The authors begin with a description of our current understanding of the statistical nature of physical processes at the atomic level, including radioactive decay and interactions of radiation with matter.
Introductory medical statistics 2nd ed./ Mould
Full Text online at UML & print edition at Science
The phantoms of medical and health physics/ DeWerd, editor
The design and composition of a phantom are determined entirely by the purpose the phantom is to serve. A phantom that has been developed to evaluate the dose delivered to a patient during radiation therapy treatments will be drastically different from a phantom designed to test the imaging limits of a kilovoltage radiographic system. The purpose of the phantom will dictate the physical design of the phantom, such as the size, shape, composition, and other details of the phantom such as composition. It will also determine whether or not the phantom is to contain dosimeters (for example, TLDs or ion chambers) and what type of other
elements would best suit the given situation.
Medical radiation dosimetry : theory of charged particle collision energy loss/ McPartland
The intended readership of this book is the research medical physicist, the radiation metrologist, the medical physics graduate student and the medical physicist practising in radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging
(including nuclear medicine). The reader is expected to be familiar with nonrelativistic and relativistic quantum mechanics and kinematics, electromagnetism theory, special relativity and advanced mathematics.
Scattering: Scattering and inverse scattering in pure and applied science/ Pike
Full Text online at UML
This is the first encyclopedic-range work on the topic of scattering theory in quantum mechanics, elastodynamics, acoustics, and electromagnetics. It serves as a comprehensive interdisciplinary presentation of scattering and inverse scattering theory and applications in a wide range of scientific fields, with an emphasis, and details, up-to-date developments.
