Medical physics

Nanoengineering, energized by the desire to find specific targeting agents, is leading to dramatic acceleration in novel drug design.

Infrared thermography is a fast and non-invasive technology that provides a map of the temperature distribution on the body's surface.

This book covers scientific, clinical, and educational aspects of radiotheranostics in cancer control.

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows spend upwards of 15 years honing their research skills.

As the debate about the environmental cost of nuclear power and the issue of nuclear safety continues, a comprehensive assessment of the Chernobyl accident, its long-term environmental consequences and solutions to the problems found, is timely.

This book provides insights into current radiology practices in diagnostic imaging, discussing specific features of individual imaging techniques, such as sensitivity, specificity and accuracy and signal-to-noise ratio.

Physics in Biology and Medicine, Fourth Edition, covers topics in physics as they apply to the life sciences, specifically medicine, physiology, nursing and other applied health fields.

In 2021, over 537 million people worldwide were diagnosed with diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation and so the diagnosis, care and treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus have become one of the highest healthcare priorities.

This book marks one of the first applications of the Medicine Network discipline to an everyday scenario.

The need for qualified specialists to work with and apply sophisticated technology in contemporary medicine is rapidly growing.

This book discusses optical technologies for Diabetic Foot management.

Dosimetry refers to the calculation and assessment of the radiation dose received by the human body.

Fosters a thorough understand of radiation dosimetry concepts: detailed solutions to the exercises in the textbook Fundamentals of Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry!

Many universities now offer a course in biomedical optics, but lack a textbook specifically addressing the topic.

"e;Interplanetary Outpost"e; follows the mission architecture template of NASA's plan for Human Outer Planet Exploration (HOPE), which envisions sending a crew to the moon Callisto to conduct exploration and sample return activities.

This book deals with the new method of laser-driven acceleration for application to radiation biophysics and medicine.

The Computational Biomechanics for Medicine titles provide an opportunity for specialists in computational biomechanics to present their latest methodologies and advancements.

Looking at the politics of nuclear waste, this book examines the subject from an international standpoint.

This book compiles and presents a complete package of open-access Python software code for luminescence signal analysis in the areas of radiation dosimetry, luminescence dosimetry, and luminescence dating.

Since the Industrial Revolution the chemical composition of the atmosphere has changed at a rate unprecedented in recent history.

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is an invaluable functional brain imaging technique that provides direct, real-time monitoring of neuronal activity necessary for gaining insight into dynamic cortical networks.

Microbial enzymes play a vital role in maintaining soil health and removing pollutants from contaminated land.

Propelling quantitative MRI techniques from bench to bedside, Quantitative MRI in Cancer presents a range of quantitative MRI methods for assessing tumor biology.

Physics in Biology and Medicine, Fourth Edition, covers topics in physics as they apply to the life sciences, specifically medicine, physiology, nursing and other applied health fields.

The interaction of the solar and heat radiation with the atmosphere and surface is the subject of the book.

Bioelectromagnetism has been gradually developing and expanding into a variety of fields in engineering, biomedical engineering, life science, medicine and biology.

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This book is a comprehensive study guide for the therapeutic medical physicist pursuing initial board certification and those participating in continuing education.

This handbook provides a comprehensive review of radiation present in the environment, its sources, dose measurement techniques, exposures in natural and man-made radiation environments, policies governing radiation safety, societal applications of radiation technology, radiological and nuclear events, preparedness, response, and mitigation of radiation emergencies.

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Radiation Protection in Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology focuses on the professional, operational, and regulatory aspects of radiation protection.

This brief highlights recent research advances in the area of nano-therapeutics.

Radiation Protection in Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology focuses on the professional, operational, and regulatory aspects of radiation protection.

Covers the basics of medical imaging together with state-of-the-art concepts and theory, relevant clinical applications, and future prospects.

This volume presents the proceedings of Medicon 2016, held in Paphos, Cyprus.

Big Data in Radiation Oncology gives readers an in-depth look into how big data is having an impact on the clinical care of cancer patients.

This book includes over three hundred and seventy-five short papers presented during the second EMCEI, which was held in Sousse, Tunisia in October 2019.

This book lays the foundations for you to understand all that you always wanted to know about radioactivity.

This book gives the practical introduction for medical physics students and clinical physicists to learn MATLAB programming.

Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date.

About ten years after the first edition comes this second edition of Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy: Introduction, Source Modelling, and Patient Dose Calculations, thoroughly updated and extended with the latest topics, edited by Frank Verhaegen and Joao Seco.

Use the GPU Successfully in Your Radiotherapy PracticeWith its high processing power, cost-effectiveness, and easy deployment, access, and maintenance, the graphics processing unit (GPU) has increasingly been used to tackle problems in the medical physics field, ranging from computed tomography reconstruction to Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation.

This book represents volume 2 of a 3-volume monograph on Particle Penetration and Radiation Effects.

This popular text provides a comprehensive, yet accessible, introduction to the physics and technology of medical ultrasound, with high quality ultrasound images and diagrams throughout.

Offering the latest information in magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) research, this book builds upon the success of the first volume and provides an updated and comprehensive review, from synthesis, characterization, and biofunctionalization to clinical applications of MNPs, including the diagnosis and treatment of cancers.

Good and effective treatment in radiotherapy requires careful consideration of the complex variables involved as well as critical assessment of the techniques.

Nanosensors are innovative devices that exploit the unique properties exhibited by matter at the nanoscale.

Over the past few decades, the radiological science community has developed and applied numerous models of the human body for radiation protection, diagnostic imaging, and nuclear medicine therapy.