Walter and Miller's Textbook of Radiotherapy : Radiation Physics, Therapy and Oncology
Overview
Walter and Miller's Textbook of Radiotherapy is a key textbook for therapeutic radiography students as well as trainee clinical and medical oncologists, clinical physicists and technologists. The book is divided into 2 sections. The first section covers physics and provides a comprehensive review of radiotherapy physics. This section is designed to be non-physicist friendly, to simply and clearly explain the physical principles upon which radiotherapy and its technology are based. The second section is a systematic review by tumour site giving an up to date summary of radiotherapy practice. The title also covers the place of chemotherapy, surgery and non-radiotherapy treatments as well as the principles of cancer patient treatment including supportive care and palliative treatments. It is a comprehensive must-have resource for anyone studying therapeutic radiotherapy.
- Highly illustrated in full colour including 350 photographs
- Clearly and simply explains the fundamental physics for clinicians
- Gives an up to date summary of radiotherapy practice organised by tumour site making it very easy to navigate
- Describes the wide range of devices and clearly explains the principles behind their operation
- Comprehensively explains the calculation models of dose predictions for treatment preparation
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780702074851
- ISBN-10: 0702074853
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Publish Date: October 2019
- Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.35 pounds
- Page Count: 640
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