Radiobiology

2nd Revised edition, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1961, 586 p., ISBN: 978-0-08-009406-9 Fundamentals of Radiobiology presents a clear picture of the effects of radiation to living organisms. It discusses the steps leading from the absorption of energy to death or final injury. The focus of study is the changes induced at the molecular level by absorbing energy. Some of the topics...

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1993, 152 p., ISBN: 978-3-642-84920-6, 978-3-642-84918-3 The impact of basic science radiobiological research is now being recognized of significant importance in clinical radiation oncology. Observations made in the laboratory using animals as'well as tissue culture have led to a better biologic understanding of techniques for altered fractionation,...

A white paper to guide the Scientific Committee’s future programme of work. — NY.: UNSCEAR, 2012. — 45 p Executive Summary Relevant Judgements of the Committee up to 2006 New Data and Technical Approaches since 2006 Conclusions and Recommendations Annex The archive also contains a translation of the report into Russian

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA, 2015. – 308 p. – ISBN: 022623827X Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians, botanists, and geneticists believed that radium might hold the secret to life. Physicists and chemists early on described the wondrous new element in lifelike terms such as “decay” and “half-life,” and...

University of Chicago Press, 2015. — 378 p. — ISBN: 978-0-226-23827-2 Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians, botanists, and geneticists believed that radium might hold the secret to life. Physicists and chemists early on described the wondrous new element in lifelike terms such as "decay" and "half-life," and made...

CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2015, 159 p., ISBN: 1439862591, 9781439862599 CanadaIn the field of radiobiology, the linear-quadratic (LQ) equation has become the standard for defining radiation-induced cell killing. Radiotherapy Treatment Planning: Linear-Quadratic Radiobiology describes tumor cell inactivation from a radiation physics perspective and offers appropriate LQ...

ICRP Publication118. Elsevier, 2012. - 322 p. The aim of this report is to review the tissue and health effects of ionising radiation, with particular reference to their implications for dose limits in radiation protection, and for assessing health risks after accidental or therapeutic exposure. The report was prepared by a Task Group of ICRP Committee 1 under the following...

Academic Press, New York and London, 1960, 395 p., ISBN: 978-1-4832-2829-7 Mechanisms in Radiobiology, Volume II: Multicellular Organisms presents the development of radiobiology, which has run parallel with the advancement of biology. This book discusses the fundamental aspects of radiobiology in connection with the therapeutic use of X-rays in medicine. Organized into five...

NCRP Report № 136 - NCRP, 2001. - 297 p This Report presents an evaluation of the existing data on the dose-response relationships and current understanding of the health effects of low doses of ionizing radiation. The evaluation was prompted by the need to reassess the common use, for radiation protection purposes, of the linear-nonthreshold dose-response hypothesis in the...

NCRP Report № 150 - NCRP, 2005. - 278 p. This Report reviews the scientific issues associated with the extrapolation of radiation-induced cancer risks from nonhuman experimental systems to humans. The basic principles of radiation effects at the molecular and cellular level are examined with emphasis on comparisons among various species including humans. These comparisons among...

8th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2018. — 1162 p. — ISBN: 9781496335418 Radiobiology for the Radiologist combines traditional and molecular radiation biology principles and appeals to students, residents, and veteran clinical practitioners. This edition continues the two-part format of previous editions and features brand-new chapters, thoroughly updated content, and hundreds of...

8th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2018. — 2019 p. — ISBN: 9781496395146 Radiobiology for the Radiologist combines traditional and molecular radiation biology principles and appeals to students, residents, and veteran clinical practitioners. This edition continues the two-part format of previous editions and features brand-new chapters, thoroughly updated content, and hundreds of...

Seventh ed., Lippincottt Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2012, 576 p., ISBN: 1608311937, 9781608311934 In print since 1972, this seventh edition of Radiobiology for the Radiologist is the most extensively revised to date. It consists of two sections, one for those studying or practicing diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation oncology; the other for those...

5th edition. — Lippincott, 2000. – 599 p. – ISBN 0-7817-2649-2 Milestones in Physics and Biology For students of diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology The Physics and Chemistry of Radiation Absorption DNA strand Breaks and Chromosomal Aberrations Cell Survival Curves Radiosensitivity and Cell Age in the Mitotic Cycle Repair of Radiation Damage and the...

Springer, 2007. - 226 p. This book demonstrates the applications of synchrotron radiation in certain aspects of cell microbiology, specifically non-destructive elemental analyses, chemical-state analyses and imaging (distribution) of the elements within a cell. The basics for understanding and applications of synchrotron radiation are also described to make the contents easier...

4th edition. — A Hodder Arnold Publication, 2009. – 375 p. – ISBN 978-0-340-926-667 This concise but comprehensive textbook sets out the essentials of the science and clinical application of radiobiology for those seeking accreditation in radiation oncology, clinical radiation physics and radiation technology. Fully revised and updated to keep abreast of current developments in...

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2012, 300 p., ISBN: 978-3-642-23683-9, 978-3-642-23684-6 Landolt-Börnstein - Group VIII Advanced Materials and Technologies 7A : Advanced Materials and Technologies This volume will cover the tasks of medical physics in radiological diagnostics and therapy, i.e. X-ray imaging, X-ray computed tomography, nuclear medical imaging, magnetic resonance...

Springer, 2013. — 198 p. In recent decades radiobiologists’ efforts have been directed at identifying the mechanisms of radiation effects; the general mechanisms have since been studied extensively. This book describes and analyzes radiation-induced adaptation as processes produced in cells, tissues, and populations. This viewpoint helps to understand the nature and factors of...

Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. — 541 p. Embracing the transformation of radiation sciences by the recent surge of developments in molecular biology, this progressive text offers an up-to-date analysis of in vitro and in vivo molecular responses in the body induced by ionizing radiation. With a unique emphasis on medical physics applications, Biomolecular Action of Ionizing...

Springer, 2013. - 135 p. - Proteomics is widely used in search of biomarkers, pharmacology, clinical research and toxicology. With the help of proteomics large amount of information about the physiology of living cells can be obtained in a single experiment. Combining this information with data from genomics and other high-throughput screening techniques like transcriptomics...

CRC Press, 2017. — 219 p. — ISBN10: 1482217406, ISBN13: 978-1482217407. Experimental microdosimetry deals with the measurement of charged particle energy deposition in tissue equivalent volumes, ranging in size from nanometres to micrometres. Microdosimetry is employed to improve our understanding of the relationship between radiation energy deposition, the resulting biological...

Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2012, 388 p., ISBN: 940071999X, 9789400719996, 9400719388, 9789400719385 NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security This book comes from a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Alushta, Ukraine in October 2010. The Workshop was held in parallel with the Third International conference “Modern problems of genetics,...

AvE4EvA (InTAvE), 2015. — 307 p. — ISBN: 9535121677; 9789535121671. This volume is dedicated to industrial and medical applications of radiation. The technical experts would find a variety of new ideas and hints in this book that would be helpful to them to tackle ionizing radiation. The importance of risk communication among stakeholders involved in radiation-related issues is...

Taylor & Francis Group, 2012. - 361 p. Interaction of Radiation with Matter focuses on the physics of the interactions of ionizing radiation in living matter and the Monte Carlo simulation of radiation tracks. Clearly progressing from an elementary level to the state of the art, the text explores the classical physics of track description as well as modern aspects based on...

Humana Press, Switzerland, 2016, 305 p., ISBN: 978-3-319-28303-6, 978-3-319-28305-0 This text properly considers the most recent and relevant advances in molecular RB of GB, taking into account the related topics of pathobiology, and underscores the most promising translational perspectives from the preclinical to the clinical domain. Section I (From Bedside to Bench) discusses...

Springer, 2017. — 279 p. The field of radiation hormesis has been built upon the early comprehensive work of Luckey and more recent work of Ed Calabrese. Optimal health for Luckey included prevention of cancer and a wide variety of inflammatory diseases. Why people have not acted on this provocative hypothesis is largely due to the false paradigm of the linear no-threshold...

Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 2000. — 507 p. Like its well-known predecessor, this new and expanded Ninth Edition presents numerous important changes, beginning with the title and continuing throughout the text. Drawing on current knowledge and his own extensive experience, Dr. Selman provides a thorough revision and overview of each previously included chapter. Definitions,...

InTech, 2011. — 330 p. — ISBN: 9533077482 9789533077482 The subject matter will by highly useful to the medical and paramedical staff in hospitals, as well as researchers and scholars in the field of nuclear medicine medical physics and nuclear bio-chemistry etc. This book contains two sections: Radioisotopes and Radiations in Bioscience and Radioisotopes and Radiology in...

London: Taylor&Francis, 1990. – 262 p. – ISBN: 0-85066-745-3 This textbook covers all aspects of radiation, radiotherapy and their effects. The book, initially published in France, has been updated and expanded in this English version. It includes a thorough discussion of recent advances, such as a better understanding of the molecular basis of cellular effects and cell...

Pan Stanford Publishing, 2017. - 239 p. This book focuses on the conventional and emerging applications of radiations, which include radio waves and ultraviolet and gamma radiations. It discusses new techniques in radiation therapy and the effects of ionizing radiations on biological systems. The applications of radiations in the synthesis and use of nanoparticles along with...

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1988, 133 p., ISBN: 978-3-540-19457-6, 978-3-642-51716-7 Lecture Notes in Biomathematics 74 The purpose of this book is to demonstrate the possible ways of using simulation for exploring cell kinetics. The monograph dealing mainly with the authors' own experience in the field, the emphasis is laid on the effects of cell radiobiology. The approaches to...

Demos Medical, 2017. — 520 p. — ISBN: 9781620701140 We are pleased to introduce the inaugural edition of Radiobiology Self-Assessment Guide. This guide provides up-to-date comprehensive concepts in classical radiation biology and contemporary research on stem cell biology, tumor immunology and immunotherapy, and radiogenomics. It succinctly covers topics that are germane to the...