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Radiation Shielding and Protection, Part I: Measurement, Dosimetry, Shielding, and Protection

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An Introduction to Medical Physics

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Abstract

Shielding and protection are essential to the safe practice of radiation oncology, radiology, and other medical specialties that use radiation. Medical health physics is essentially the study and practice of radiation safety as it relates to the use of radiation in medicine. This encompasses two distinct areas: (1) physical methods of measuring and calculating radiation dose and (2) the regulatory environment. In this chapter the physics methods will be discussed. Areas discussed will include (1) radiation measurement and its associated devices; (2) radiation dosimetry, both external and internal; and (3) radiation shielding design.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Christopher J. Watchman PhD, DABR

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  1. Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Health Physics Program, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    Muhammad Maqbool

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Watchman, C.J. (2017). Radiation Shielding and Protection, Part I: Measurement, Dosimetry, Shielding, and Protection. In: Maqbool, M. (eds) An Introduction to Medical Physics. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61540-0_13

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