Practical Radiation Protection in Healthcare (Revised)

2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-965521-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press(UK)

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1120 g

The application of radiation to medical problems plays an ever-increasing role in diagnosis and treatment of disease. It is essential that medical physicists have the knowledge, understanding and practical skills to implement radiation protection as new techniques are developed. Practical Radiation Protection in Healthcare provides a practical guide for medical physicists and others involved with radiation protection in the healthcare environment. The guidance is based on principles set out in current recommendations of the International Commission for Radiological Protection and methods developed by a variety of professional bodies.

Written by practitioners experienced in the field this practical reference manual covers both established techniques and new areas of application. This new edition has be fully revised and updated to cover new requirements linked to the increased knowledge of radiation effects, and the development of new technology. 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. Tabulated data is included to allow the reader to carry out calculations for situations encountered frequently without reference to further texts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, Colin J

Sutton, David G

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I. Ionising Radiations: Hazards, Detection and Measurement

- 1: C J Martin: The Development of Radiation Protection

- 2: C J Martin and D Sutton: Interaction of Ionising Radiations with Matter

- 3: C J Martin and A Wojcik: Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation

- 4: S Green and R G Zamenhof: Radiation Measurements

- Part II. Protection Against Ionising Radiations

- 5: C J Martin, P Allisy-Roberts and J Le Heron: Ionising Radiation Legislation

- 6: K E Goldstone Operational Radiation Protection: Principles and Control Methods

- 7: D G Sutton: Operational Radiation Protection

- 8: D H Temperton: Personal Monitoring

- 9: Jill Reay and David Sutton: Control of Radioactive Substances

- 10: C J Martin and J Robertson: Intervention, Incidents and Emergencies

- Part III. Ionising Radiation in Medicine and Research

- 11: C J Martin and D G Sutton: Risk Control in Medicine

- 12: J R Williams: Diagnostic Radiology: Equipment

- 13: D G Sutton and C J Martin: Diagnostic Radiology: Facility

- 14: C J Martin and D G Sutton: Diagnostic Radiology: Patient Dosimetry

- 15: C L Chapple and I McLean: CT Dosimetry

- 16: C J Martin and D G Sutton: Interventional Radiology

- 17: S Batchelor and B Walmsley: Nuclear Medicine and Radionuclide Laboratories

- 18: C Greaves and M J Dunn: The Nuclear Medicine Patient

- 19: D Peet, P Horton, D G Sutton and C J Martin: Radiotherapy: External Beam Therapy

- 20: D Peet, P Horton, D G Sutton and C J Martin: Radiotherapy: Brachytherapy

- Part IV. Non-Ionising Radiation

- 21: H Moseley: Lasers

- 22: D K Taylor: Non-Coherent Optical Radiation Sources

- 23: J W Hand: Electromagnetic Fields

- 24: B Condon and J MacFarlane: Magnetic Resonance

- 25: S D Pye and B Zequri: Ultrasound

Über Autor(innen)

Colin Martin has worked as a hospital-based Medical Physicist in Radiation Protection and Diagnostic Radiology in Scotland for 30 years. He is now an honorary senior lecturer with the University of Glasgow, UK. His research has involved radiation protection in medicine, optimisation of radiation protection in diagnostic radiology and non-ionising radiations. Dr Martin is a member of Committee 3 of ICRP (Protection in Medicine) and of IAEA committees, and has been involved in medical exposure projects as an expert for the IAEA. He is a member of Editorial Boards for the Journal of Radiological Protection and Radiation Protection Dosimetry.

David Sutton has worked as a hospital-based Medical Physicist for over 30 years. His work and research has involved the physics of nuclear medicine, radiation protection in medicine, and the optimisation of radiation protection in diagnostic radiology. Dr Sutton is chair of the UK radiation protection accreditation body RPA2000, has been involved in several UK medical physics initiatives and has acted as an expert for the IAEA. He is an associate editor of the British Journal of Radiology.