TY - BOOK AU - Cherry, P (ed) AU - Duxbury, A (ed) TI - Practical radiotherapy : physics and equipment SN - 9781405184267 PY - 2009/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.; Ames, Iowa PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Radiology and Radiography N1 - Previous ed.: London: Greenwich Medical Media, 1998; Basic skills for radiotherapy physics / Elaine Ryan -- X-ray production / Elaine Ryan -- Radiation dosimetry / Jan Chianese and Fiona Chamberlain -- X-ray interactions with matter / Kathryn Cooke -- Pre-treatment imaging / Caroline Wright, Jonathan McConnell, and Katheryn Churcher -- Simulation equipment / Alan Needham -- Immobilisation equipment / Helen White and Nick White -- Megavoltage equipment / David Flinton and Elizabeth Miles -- Kilovoltage equipment / David Flinton -- Treatment planning / John Conway and Christopher M. Bragg -- Methods of beam direction / Anne Jessop -- Advanced treatment delivery / Pete Bridge -- Treatment verification / Cath Holborn -- Introduction to radiation protection / Pete Bridge -- Use of radionuclides in imaging and therapy / David Duncan -- Sealed sources in radiotherapy / Tony Flynn and Bruce Thomadsen N2 - Includes bibliographical references and index ER -