Although it follows the topical outline that proved so successful in its earlier editions, the Fourth Edition of this respected book encompasses all of the advances and changes that are made since last it had been revised. It not only presents new ideas and knowledge , it shifts its emphases to accurately reflect the inevitably changing perspectives within the field engendered by progress within the understanding of radiological physics. A chapter on basic concepts lays the inspiration for subsequent discussions of x-ray properties and production, atomic physics , and high energy machines. Examinations of the interaction of radiation with matter, radiation dosimetry, the standard of x rays, instruments and techniques for radiation measurement, and therefore the interaction of beams with a scattering medium follow. Later chapters within the text move toward clinical topics with coverage of treatment planning, brachytherapy, medicine , radiation protection, diagnosticradiology and radiobiology . Among the newer trends, techniques and ideas covered are the continuing shift to high energy photon use in radiotherapy, the refinement of radiation dosimetry theory and practices, and therefore the prodigious advances in imaging and diagnosis afforded by such advances as computed tomography . Similarly, the authors have integrated the concept of relative risk in radiation protection and therefore the increasingly greater stress in radiobiology on humans instead of animals or cells.
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