Ervin B. Podgorsak Pořadí knih

This exercise book contains 300 typical problems and exercises in modern physics and radiation physics with complete solutions, detailed equations and graphs. This textbook is linked directly with the textbook „Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists“, Springer (2010) but can also be used in combination with other related textbooks. For ease of use, this textbook has exactly the same organizational layout (14 chapters, 128 sections) as the „Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists“ textbook and each section is covered by at least one problem with solution given. Equations, figures and tables are cross-referenced between the two books. It is the only large compilation of textbook material and associated solved problems in medical physics, radiation physics, and biophysics.

This book summarizes basic knowledge of atomic, nuclear, and radiation physics that professionals need for efficient and safe use of ionizing radiation. Concentrating on the underlying principles of radiation physics, it covers prerequisite knowledge for medical physics courses on the graduate and post-graduate levels, providing the link between elementary physics on the one hand and the intricacies of the medical physics specialties on the other.

This book summarizes the radiation physics knowledge that professionals working in medical physics need to master for efficient and safe dealings with ionizing radiation. The textbook comprises eight chapters for a course in radiation physics in medical-physics graduate programs. However, the book may also be of interest to the large number of professionals, not only medical physicists, who in their daily occupations deal with various aspects of medical physics and find a need to improve their understanding of radiation physics. The main target audience for this book is graduate students studying for M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in medical physics. Medical residents, technology students and biomedical engineering students may find certain sections too challenging or esoteric, yet they will find many sections interesting and useful in their studies. Since existing textbooks generally make a transition from the elementary physics directly to the intricacies of the given medical-physics subspecialty, this textbook seeks to provide the missing link between the two. TOC:1 Introduction to Modern Physics.- 2 Rutherford-Bohr Atomic Model.- 3 Production of X-rays.- 4 Two-Particle Collisions.- 5 Charged Particle Stopping Powers.- 6 Interactions of Neutrons with Matter.- 7 Photon Interactions with Matter.- 8 Radioactivity