Applications of Medical Physics

• Other Authors: Gallo, Salvatore (Editor), Veronese, Ivan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; medical imaging; radiomics; tomosynthesis; acquisition angle; percutaneous radioablation; monte carlo dosimetry; liver lesions; molecular radiotherapy; quality assurance; in vivo dosimetry; transmission radiation detectors; whole breast irradiation; MR-guided radiotherapy; predictive models; cervical cancer; EOS; conventional radiography; computed tomography; radiation dose; enchondroma; phantom; medical worker; radiological accident; emergency response; retrospective dosimetry; ESR; EPR; fingernails; antioxidant; GEMPix; GEMs; Timepix; Medipix; radiation therapy; hadron therapy; microdosimetry; gaseous detectors; Covid-19; chest CT; lungs; HU density; artificial intelligence; deep learning; medical physicist; machine learning; big data; radioembolization; internal dosimetry; Monte Carlo-based dosimetry; absorbed dose; signal-noise ratio; contrast-noise ratio; figure of merit; robust optimization; high dose rate brachytherapy; single plan approach; median absolute deviation; 99mTc-sestamibi; breast-specific γ imaging; breast cancer; apoptosis; theragnostic; esophageal cancer; neoadjuvant chemoradiation; squamous cell carcinoma; epicardial adipose tissue; machine and deep learning; partial volume effect; quantitative analysis; point spread function; post-reconstruction-correction-method; iterative reconstruction algorithms; ASiR; ASiR-V; noise level; noise spatial uniformity; in vivo relative dosimetry; proton; radiotherapy; quality controls; beam monitoring; nanoparticles; scintillation; ionizing energy deposition; photodynamic therapy; singlet oxygen; protontherapy; RBE; radiobiology; Geant4; n/a
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Summary

Applications of Medical Physics" is a Special Issue of Applied Sciences that has collected original research manuscripts describing cutting-edge physics developments in medicine and their translational applications. Reviews providing updates on the latest progresses in this field are also included. The collection includes a total of 20 contributions by authors from 9 different countries, which cover several areas of medical physics, spanning from radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, radiology, dosimetry, radiation protection, and radiobiology.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (310 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-0365-3614-9
9783036536132
9783036536149

Access

Open Access