A Century of Radiation and Medical Physics at New York¿s Memorial Hospital

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-944838-08-2
Verlag: Medical Physics Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Paperback

Since the early 1910s, the staff of Memorial Hospital in New York has been deeply involved in the development and application of radiation to treat cancer. This book chronicles the activities and contributions of the hospital’s medical physics staff from 1910–2010. Memorial Hospital’s medical physics pioneers included the likes of Gioacchino Failla and Edith Quimby, while the modern eras were led by John Laughlin and Clifton Ling.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Groch, Judith

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Medizinische Physik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Nuklearmedizin, PET, Radiotherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter 1 Before the Beginning
- Chapter 2 James Ewing, Radium, and the Birth of Medical Physics
- Chapter 3 Gioacchino Failla, Inventor of Radiation Biophysics and Radiobiology
- Chapter 4 John S. Laughlin: A Founder of Medical Physics
- Chapter 5 Educational Programs and the J. S. Laughlin Visiting Professorship
- Chapter 6 Radiation Protection
- Chapter 7 Radiation Biophysics Arrives at MSKCC
- Chapter 8 Computer-Assisted Treatment
- Chapter 9 Nuclear Imaging Physics
- Chapter 10 C. Clifton Ling—A New Era for Medical Physics