This book, published in 2005 by the International Atomic Energy Agency, is a comprehensive compendium of all of the topics that should be covered by a radiation oncology physics course, from basic ...

Did you know that radiation was all around us? Or that lost radioactive sources were among the most common types of radiation emergencies? Get the facts about radiation and radiation emergencies by ...

The UAB Department of Radiation Oncology’s Residency Program is proud to offer a comprehensive residency program that produces experts in clinical radiation oncology, radiation physics, and ...

The ionising effect of radiation is used in the Geiger-Muller (GM) tube as a means of detecting the radiation. The GM tube is a hollow cylinder filled with a gas at low pressure. The tube has a thin ...

In low- and middle-income countries there are often too few radiotherapy medical physicists available for cancer care services, and there are even fewer who are qualified to supervise training ...

The effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) was studied in radiation-induced apoptosis in rat jejunal crypt cells. Six-week-old male Wistar rats were administered 4 mg/kg bFGF ...

Radiation dose directives, dose management software, etc, etc – how can a busy radiologist keep up with it all? Medical physicist Virginia Tsapaki shared practical and timely information about these ...