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Radiotherapy treatment planning : linear-quadratic radiobiology / J. Donald Chapman, Alan E. Nahum.

By: Chapman, J. Donald [author.].
Contributor(s): Nahum, Alan E [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780429193637.Subject(s): Cancer -- RadiotherapyAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 616.9940642 Online resources: Click here to view.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The generation of quantitative radiobiology data -- 3. The intrinsic radiosensitivity of Profiliferating and quiescent cells -- 4. The effects of ionization volume and density -- 5. The importance of fraction size, dose-rate, temperature, and overall treatment time of exposure-- 6. Ionizing events, molecular targets, and lethal lesions -- 7. The radiosensitivity of tumor cells in vitro versus in vivo -- 8. Modern radiobiology and the LQ equation -- 9. Normal tissue radiobiology -- 10. Radiobiology applied to tumor response modeling.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-159) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The generation of quantitative radiobiology data -- 3. The intrinsic radiosensitivity of Profiliferating and quiescent cells -- 4. The effects of ionization volume and density -- 5. The importance of fraction size, dose-rate, temperature, and overall treatment time of exposure-- 6. Ionizing events, molecular targets, and lethal lesions -- 7. The radiosensitivity of tumor cells in vitro versus in vivo -- 8. Modern radiobiology and the LQ equation -- 9. Normal tissue radiobiology -- 10. Radiobiology applied to tumor response modeling.

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