Modern physics, radiation, atomic and nuclear physics have
revolutionized medical diagnosis and the treatment of cancer. The
work of the scientists whose discoveries fuelled this revolution is
an important part of our scientific and cultural heritage. Using
basic physics and simple mathematics this book shows how the
discoveries of fundamental physics lead to an understanding of the
important design principles of diagnosis and radiation therapy.
With its carefully chosen and realistic exercises and worked
examples, it provides a brief introduction and broad foundation for
students and practitioners in the life sciences. This book could be
used as a text for an introductory course in medical physics or
biophysics. For those who are starting their careers in medical
sciences or are already practitioners, it offers some interesting
and useful background and an aide-memoire of the basics. For
members of the public it could provide a deeper understanding of
the science that informs the medical procedures that too many will
be subject to, at a deeper level than the often excellent but, of
necessity very basic and purely practical information available
from hospitals and Web sites. The former audience may be interested
in the mathematical demonstrations; the latter certainly will not
be. However, for both audiences, the details of the calculations
are less important than the knowledge that they can be done.
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