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Understand Quantitative Radiobiology from a Radiation Biophysics PerspectiveIn the field of radiobiology, the linear-quadratic (LQ) equation has become the standard for defining radiation-induced cell killing. Radiotherapy Treatment Planning: Linear-Quadratic Radiobiology describes tumor cell inacti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chapman, J. Donald (Author), Nahum, Alan E. (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press LLC, 2015.
Subjects:
Radiotherapy.
Radiobiology.
Linear models (Statistics)
Radiotherapy
Radiobiology
Radiothérapie.
Radiobiologie.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The generation of quantitative radiobiology data
  • 3. The intrinsic radiosensitivity of proliferating 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.