Title Protontherapy Versus Carbon Ion Therapy : Advantages, Disadvantages and Similarities Author(s) Nunes, Marcos d?????vila Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. Description XX, 110 p. 71 illus., 16 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This book presents a comparison analysis of two cancer treatment therapies: carbon ion therapy and protontherapy. It is divided in 5 sections. The first ones gives the reader a brief history of Radiotherapy and types of radiation. In the second section, the techniques and equipments, including new ones in development such as Cyclinac , Laser and DWA, are described. The third section describes biophysical (such as stopping power and LET) and biological (such as RBE and OER) properties, the fundamental experiments and clinical area. The fourth section presents models and the fifth section compares both techniques, showing advantages and disadvantages of each, and their similarities ISBN,Price 9783319189833 Keyword(s) 1. Biomedical engineering 2. Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. Medical and Radiation Physics 6. Medical physics 7. ONCOLOGY 8. Oncology???? 9. RADIATION Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I07258     On Shelf