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Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection
Elsevier Science 2007; US$ 111.95This book presents an overview of the physics of radiation detection and its applications. It covers the origins and properties of different kinds of ionizing radiation, their detection and measurement, and the procedures used to protect people and the environment from their potentially harmful effects. It details the experimental techniques and instrumentation... more...
Advanced Materials and Techniques for Radiation Dosimetry
Artech House 2006; US$ 139.00Publisher's com The threat of nuclear ''dirty'' bombs, a growing shift to nuclear energy, and new medical therapies using radiation are just some of the current developments bringing new importance to dosimetry ? the detection and measurement of radiation. This comprehensive volume is indispensable to engineers and scientists working in dosimetry to... more...
Introduction to Radiological Physics and Radiation Dosimetry
Wiley 2008; US$ 295.00A straightforward presentation of the broad concepts underlying radiological physics and radiation dosimetry for the graduate-level student. Covers photon and neutron attenuation, radiation and charged particle equilibrium, interactions of photons and charged particles with matter, radiotherapy dosimetry, as well as photographic, calorimetric, chemical,... more...
Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosimetry
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 240.00Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) has become the technique of choice for many areas of radiation dosimetry. The technique is finding widespread application in a variety of radiation dosimetry fields, including personal monitoring, environmental monitoring, retrospective dosimetry (including geological dating and accident dosimetry), space dosimetry,... more...
Ionizing Radiation and Polymers
Elsevier Science 2012; US$ 159.00Radiation processing is widely employed in plastics engineering to enhance the physical properties of polymers, such as chemical resistance, surface properties, mechanical and thermal properties, particle size reduction, melt properties, material compatibility, fire retardation, etc. Drobny introduces readers to the science of ionizing radiation... more...
Microdosimetric Response of Physical and Biological Systems to Low- and High-LET Radiations
Elsevier Science 2006; US$ 240.00One of the aims of this book was to focus the attention of specialists to the diversity of the effects of the ionising radiation on biological and physical systems. Special emphasis has been placed on the exquisite complexities/differences introduced by high ionisation density versus low ionisation density irradiation in both biological and physical... more...
Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 290.00The book describes the preparation of samples from a wide variety of matrices, assists the investigator or technician in the selection and use of appropriate radiation detector, and presents the latest state-of-the-art computerized and automated methods of analysis. Fundamentals of radioactivity properties, radionuclide decay, calculations involved,... more...
Practical Applications of Radioactivity and Nuclear Radiations
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 68.00This book introduces radioisotopes and ionising radiations and their numerous applications. more...
Radioactivity Measurements
Elsevier Science 1991; US$ 59.95The authors have addressed the basic need for internationally consistent standards and methods demanded by the new and increasing use of radioactive materials, radiopharmaceuticals and labelled compounds. Particular emphasis is given to the basic and practical problems that may be encountered in measuring radioactivity. The text provides information... more...
Nuclear Medicine Radiation Dosimetry
Springer 2010; US$ 64.99Complexities of the requirements for accurate radiation dosimetry evaluation in both diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine (including PET) have grown over the past decade. This is due primarily to four factors: growing consideration of accurate patient-specific treatment planning for radionuclide therapy as a means of improving the therapeutic... more...









