M-Graduate Texts in Physics: Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists

Abstract

Review: "This book summarizes the radiation physics knowledge that professionals working in medical physics need to master for efficient and safe dealings with ionizing radiation. It contains eight chapters, each chapter covering a specific group of subjects related to radiation physics and is intended as a textbook for a course in radiation physics in medical-physics graduate programs. However, the book may also be of interest to the large number of professionals, not only medical physicists, who in their daily occupations deal with various aspects of medical physics and final a need to improve their understanding of radiation physics." "The main target audience for this book is graduate students studying for M. Sc. and Ph. D degrees in medical physics, who have to possess the necessary physics and mathematics background knowledge to be able to follow and master the complete textbook. Medical residents, technology students, and biomedical engineering students may find certain sections too challenging or esoteric, yet they will find many sections interesting and useful in their studies."--Jacket.