Practical Radiation Protection in Healthcare
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 19 September 2002
- ISBN 9780192630827
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages440 pages
- Size 254x197x29 mm
- Weight 975 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous black & white photographs, line illustrations and tables 0
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Short description:
Radiation protection is a broad area within medical physics and radiology. This multi-authored text covers the breadth of the field. The contents are divided into four parts leading from the theoretical background needed for the use of ionising radiations in medicine. The first part covers the key knowledge needed to understand radiation protection. The second part takes a practically-orientated approach to the principles, techniques and legislation in the field.
The third and fourth parts cover solutions for radiation protection for firstly ionising radiation, and the non-ionising radiation, an area which is often neglected in other texts.
Long description:
Practical Radiation Protection in Healthcare is a practical guide for medical physicists and others whose work involves any aspect of hospital radiation protection. Written by workers experienced in the field, the book includes discussion of general radiation protection principles and provides detailed coverage of specialist topic areas involving both ionising and non-ionising radiations. The book provides guidance on methods that may be used to tackle the
wide range of tasks that a physicist working in this area might encounter and should provide the first port of call when a problem in radiation protection is encountered. The book has been written in a format to allow easy reference, so that it can be used as a working guide as well as a textbook. Throughout,
the emphasis is on a practical approach.
The first half of the book covers general principles and topics applicable to all areas of radiation protection. The subject is dealt with in general terms, with descriptions of techniques and methods required to implement radiation protection measures. The chapters covering background material provide the basic knowledge which is important in understanding the subject. The second half of the book deals with practical guidance on the approach and techniques used in hospitals. The book
contains comprehensive coverage of all areas that a radiation protection physicist would encounter. Each specialist area is covered in a separate chapter to allow easy reference with individual chapters being assigned to different types of non-ionising radiations.
This is the book I have been seeking for years to use as the text for my radiation protection course for graduate medical physics students... a superb textbook for all those interested in radiation protection in medicine. I highly recommend it to professional medical physicists, students and teachers.
Table of Contents:
Part I - Ionising Radiations: Hazards, Detection and Measurement
The development of radiation protection
Interaction of ionising radiations with matter
Biological effects of ionising radiation
Radiation measurements
Part II - Protection Against Ionising Radiation
Ionising radiation legislation
Principles on control methods
Operational radiation protection
Personal monitoring
Control of radioactive substances
Intervention, incidents and emergencies
Part III - Ionising Radiations in Medicine and Research
Risk control in medical exposures
Diagnostic radiology: equipment
Diagnostic radiology: facility
Diagnostic radiology: patient dosimetry
Nuclear medicine and radionuclide laboratories
The nuclear medicine patient
Radiotherapy: external beam therapy
Radiotherapy: brachytherapy
Part IV - Non-ionising Radiations
Lasers
Non-coherant optical radiation sources
Electromagnetic fields
Ultrasound
