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Applications of Particle Accelerators in Medical Physics

Particle accelerators are often associated to high energy or nuclear physics. As well pointed out in literature [1] if we kindly analyse the number of installation worldwide we can easily note that about 50% is mainly devoted to medical applications (radiotherapy, medical radioisotopes production, b...

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Autor principal: Cuttone, G
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2008
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1514553
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description Particle accelerators are often associated to high energy or nuclear physics. As well pointed out in literature [1] if we kindly analyse the number of installation worldwide we can easily note that about 50% is mainly devoted to medical applications (radiotherapy, medical radioisotopes production, biomedical research). Particle accelerators are also playing an important indirect role considering the improvement of the technical features of medical diagnostic. In fact the use of radionuclide for advanced medical imaging is strongly increasing either in conventional radiography (CT and MRI) and also in nuclear medicine for Spect an PET imaging. In this paper role of particle accelerators for medical applications will be presented together with the main solutions applied.
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spelling cern-15145532019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1514553engCuttone, GApplications of Particle Accelerators in Medical PhysicsHealth Physics and Radiation EffectsParticle accelerators are often associated to high energy or nuclear physics. As well pointed out in literature [1] if we kindly analyse the number of installation worldwide we can easily note that about 50% is mainly devoted to medical applications (radiotherapy, medical radioisotopes production, biomedical research). Particle accelerators are also playing an important indirect role considering the improvement of the technical features of medical diagnostic. In fact the use of radionuclide for advanced medical imaging is strongly increasing either in conventional radiography (CT and MRI) and also in nuclear medicine for Spect an PET imaging. In this paper role of particle accelerators for medical applications will be presented together with the main solutions applied.CERN-KTT-2013-001oai:cds.cern.ch:15145532008-09-10
spellingShingle Health Physics and Radiation Effects
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Applications of Particle Accelerators in Medical Physics
title Applications of Particle Accelerators in Medical Physics
title_full Applications of Particle Accelerators in Medical Physics
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topic Health Physics and Radiation Effects
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