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The updated edition of the third of three vollumes on Medical
Physics presents modern physical methods for medical therapy with a
focus on tumor treatment. It provides background information on
radiation biology, radiation response of tissues, and linear energy
transfer through radiation. Therapies with external radiation
sources (x-rays, protons, neutrons) as well as internal radiation
sources (brachytherapy) are discussed in detail. Other chapters
deal with the use of lasers and nanoparticles in modern medicine.
This volume closes with a short chapter on medical statistics. NEW:
highlighted boxes emphasize specifi c topics; math boxes explain
more advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes with a
summary of the key concepts, questions, exercises, and a
self-assessment of the acquired competence. The appendix provides
answers to questions and solutions to exercises.
The updated edition of the second of three volumes on Medical
Physics presents modern physical methods for medical diagnostics.
It provides a solid background on imaging techniques that use
non-ionizing probes (ultrasound, endoscopy including CLE and OCT,
MRI) and imaging techniques that use ionizing radiation (X-ray
radiography, CT, SPECT, PET). Radiation sources, interactions of
radiation with matter and radiation protection for x-rays, -rays,
protons and neutrons are presented. Some of these topics are also
relevant to the therapeutic applications presented in Volume 3.
NEW: highlighted boxes emphasize specifi c topics; math boxes
explain more advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes
with a summary of the key concepts, questions, a self-assessment of
the acquired competence and exercises. The appendix provides
answers to questions and solutions to exercises.
The updated edition of the first of three volumes on Medical
Physics focuses even more on body systems related to physical
principles such as body mechanics, energy balance, and action
potentials. Thanks to numerous newly incorporated didactic
features, the introductory text into the broad fi eld of medical
physics is easy to understand and supports self-study. New:
highlighted boxes emphasize special topics; math boxes explain more
advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes with a summary
of the key concepts, questions, a self-assessment of the acquired
competence, and exercises. The appendix contains answers to
questions and solutions to exercises.
The research on graphite intercalation compounds often acts as a
forerunner for research in other sciences. For instance, the
concept of staging, which is fundamental to graphite intercalation
compounds, is also relevant to surface science in connection with
adsorbates on metal surfaces and to high-temperature
superconducting oxide layer materials. Phonon-folding and
mode-splitting effects are not only basic to graphite intercalation
compounds but also to polytypical systems such as supercon ductors,
superlattices, and metal and semiconductor superlattices. Charge
transfer effects playa tremendously important role in many areas,
and they can be most easily and fundamentally studied with
intercalated graphite. This list could be augmented with many more
examples. The important message, however, is that graphite inter
calation compounds represent a class of materials that not only can
be used for testing a variety of condensed-matter concepts, but
also stimulates new ideas and approaches. This volume is the second
of a two-volume set. The first volume addressed the structural and
dynamical aspects of graphite intercalation compounds, together
with the chemistry and intercalation of new compounds. This second
volume provides an up-to-date status report from expert researchers
on the transport, magnetic, elec tronic and optical properties
ofthis unique class of materials. The band-structure cal culations
of the various donor and acceptor compounds are discussed in depth,
and detailed reviews are provided ofthe experimental verification
ofthe electronic struc ture in terms of their photoemission spectra
and optical properties."
The progress of materials science depends on the development of
novel materials and the development of novel experimental
techniques. The research on graphite intercalation compounds
combines both aspects: new compounds with strikingly new and
anisotropic properties have been synthesized and analyzed during
the past couple of years by means of state-of-the-art experimental
methods. At the same time, the preparation of the compounds already
known has improved con siderably, giving increased reliability and
reproducibility of the experimental results. The high quality
experimental data now available have stimulated theo retical work.
Moreover, the theoretical work has had a great impact on further
experimental studies, with the effect of a much improved
understanding of this class of materials. This volume is dedicated
to a thorough description of all relevant experimen tal and
theoretical aspects of the structural and dynamical properties of
graphite intercalation compounds. Because of the large number of
topics, a second vol ume, which is now in preparation, will follow
and will treat the electronic, transport, magnetic, and optical
properties. The second volume will also contain a chapter on
applications of graphite intercalation compounds. There have been a
number of reviews written on selected aspects of these compounds in
various journals and conference proceedings during the last couple
of years, but this is the first comprehensive review since the
thorough overview provided by M.S. Dresselhaus and G. Dresselhaus
appeared ten years ago."
Owing to the increased availability of synchrotron sources, surface
X-ray scattering is a rapidly expanding technique with important
applications to surface structures and surface phase transitions,
roughening of surfaces and interfaces, and the structure of liquid
surfaces, including polymers, liquid crystals, and organic films.
Surface studies with neutrons, on the other hand provide important
information on liquid andmagnetic films. The contributions to this
volume, written by active researchers in the field, provide an
up-to-date overview of the highly sophisticated techniques and
their applications.
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