Health physics and radiological health /

Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Altri autori: Johnson, Thomas E., 1964-, Birky, Brian Kent, Shleien, B. (Bernard)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2012]
Edizione:Fourth edition.
Soggetti:
Accesso online:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
Sommario:
  • Estimates of radiation doses from various sources of exposure
  • Commonly used units, signs, symbols, conversion factors, and constants
  • Rules-of-thumb as useful equations
  • Standards and guidances for limiting ionizing radiation exposure
  • Interaction of radiation with matter
  • Exposure and shielding from external radiation
  • Neutron production, shielding, and activation
  • Radionuclide data
  • Radiation measurement instruments
  • Patient doses in the healing arts
  • Operational health physics
  • Bioassay and radiobiological data
  • Radiation dosimetry
  • Ionizing radiation bioeffects and risks
  • Non-ionizing radiation.