REVIEWS OF ACCELERATOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - VOLUME 2: MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ACCELERATORS

ISBN 10: 9814299340 / ISBN 13: 9789814299343

Verlag: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2010

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• Titel: REVIEWS OF ACCELERATOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - VOLUME 2: MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ACCELERATORS
• Verlag: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 9814299340
• ISBN-13: 9789814299343
• Einband: hardcover
• Zustand: Very Good

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The theme of this volume, “Medical Applications of Accelerators”, is of enormous importance to human health and has a deep impact on our society.The invention of particle accelerators in the early 20th century created a whole new world for producing energetic X-rays, electrons, protons, neutrons and other particle beams. Immediately these beams found revolutionary applications in medicine. There are two important yet distinct medical applications. One is that accelerators produce radioisotopes for various nuclear medicines for millions of patients each year. The other is that accelerators produce particle beams for radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer. The particle beams can be X-rays (generated by high-energy electrons), protons, neutrons or heavy ions such as carbon. Today there are more than 5,000 accelerators routinely used in hospitals all over the world for nuclear medicine and cancer therapy. The great potential of accelerator applications in medicine can hardly be exaggerated.This volume contains 14 articles, all written by distinguished scholars.

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The theme of this volume, Medical Applications of Accelerators , is of enormous importance to human health and has a deep impact on our society.The invention of particle accelerators in the early 20th century created a whole new world for producing energetic X-rays, electrons, protons, neutrons and other particle beams. Immediately these beams found revolutionary applications in medicine. There are two important yet distinct medical applications. On the one hand, accelerators produce radioisotopes for various nuclear medicines for millions of patients each year, and on the other hand, they also produce particle beams for radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer. The particle beams can be X-rays (generated by high-energy electrons), protons, neutrons or heavy ions such as carbon. Today there are more than 5,000 accelerators routinely used in hospitals all over the world for nuclear medicine and cancer therapy. The great potential of accelerator applications in medicine can hardly be exaggerated.This volume contains 14 articles, all written by distinguished scholars.