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Introduction to Medical Physics

<!--HTML-->The lecture will first briefly review physical discoveries and tools developed for physics which later found applications in medicine, and then it will illustrate the most relevant of these applications: magnetic resonance imaging, computerized tomography, single photon emission com...

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Autor principal: Silari, M
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2008
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1118270
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Sumario:<!--HTML-->The lecture will first briefly review physical discoveries and tools developed for physics which later found applications in medicine, and then it will illustrate the most relevant of these applications: magnetic resonance imaging, computerized tomography, single photon emission computerized tomography, positron emission tomography, and conventional and advanced radiation therapy. Prerequisite knowledge: none