1st Edition

An Introduction to Radiation Protection in Medicine

Edited By Jamie V. Trapp, Tomas Kron Copyright 2008
    296 Pages 81 Color & 81 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Combining facets of health physics with medicine, An Introduction to Radiation Protection in Medicine covers the background of the subject and the medical situations where radiation is the tool to diagnose or treat human disease. Encouraging newcomers to the field to properly and efficiently function in a versatile and evolving work setting, it familiarizes them with the particular problems faced during the application of ionizing radiation in medicine.

    The text builds a fundamental knowledge base before providing practical descriptions of radiation safety in medicine. It covers basic issues related to radiation protection, including the physical science behind radiation protection and the radiobiological basis of radiation protection. The text also presents operational and managerial tools for organizing radiation safety in a medical workplace. Subsequent chapters form the core of the book, focusing on the practice of radiation protection in different medical disciplines. They explore a range of individual uses of ionizing radiation in various branches of medicine, including radiology, nuclear medicine, external beam radiotherapy, and brachytherapy.

    With contributions from experienced practicing physicists, this book provides essential information about dealing with radiation safety in the rapidly shifting and diverse environment of medicine.

    Preface
    Introduction
    Tomas Kron
    Fundamentals of Radiation Physics
    Jamie V. Trapp and Peter Johnston
    Radiation and Risk: Radiobiological Background
    Tomas Kron
    Radiation Detection and Simulation Methods
    Jamie V. Trapp and Peter Johnston
    Managing Radiation in the Workplace
    Peter Johnston, Jamie V. Trapp, and Tomas Kron
    Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
    John Heggie
    Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine
    Raymond Budd
    Radiation Protection in External Beam Radiotherapy
    Jim Cramb
    Radiation Protection in Brachytherapy
    Ram Das
    Outlook and Conclusion
    Tomas Kron
    Glossary
    Index

    Biography

    Jamie V. Trapp, Tomas Kron

    "The text builds a fundamental knowledge base before providing practical descriptions of radiation safety in medicine . . . With contributions from experienced practicing physicists, this book provides essential information about dealing with radiation safety in the rapidly shifting and diverse environment of medicine."

    –In Anticancer Research, Nov/Dec 2008, Vol. 28, No. 6B