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Radiobiology for the radiologist
- Author
- Hall, Eric J.
- Title
- Radiobiology for the radiologist / Eric J. Hall, Amato J. Giaccia.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Published
- Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2006.
- Description
- ix, 546 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- URL
- <Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005031128.html
- Other contributors
- Giaccia, Amato J.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Physics and chemistry of radiation absorption
- DNA strand breaks and chromosomal aberrations
- Cell survival curves
- Radiosensitivity and cell age in the mitotic cycle
- Repair of radiation damage and the dose-rate effect
- Oxygen effect and reoxygenation
- Linear energy transfer and relative biologic effectiveness
- Acute effects of total-body irradiation
- Radioprotectors
- Radiation carcinogenesis
- Hereditary effects of radiation
- Effects of radiation on the embryo and fetus
- Radiation cataractogenesis
- Doses and risks in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology and cardiology, and nuclear medicine
- Radiation protection
- Molecular techniques in radiobiology
- Cancer biology
- Dose-response relationships for model normal tissues
- Clinical response of normal tissues
- Model tumor systems
- Cell, tissue, and tumor kinetics
- Time, dose, and fractionation in radiotherapy
- Predictive assays
- Alternative radiation modalities
- Radiosensitizers and bioreductive drugs
- Gene therapy
- Chemotherapeutic agents from the perspective of the radiation biologist
- Hyperthermia.
- Subject headings
- Medical radiology Radiobiology. Medical physics.
- Medical subjects
- Radiation Effects. Radiobiology. Radiotherapy.
- ISBN
- 0781741513 (alk. paper)