Microdosimetry and Its Applications
is an advanced textbook presenting the fundamental concepts and numerical aspects of the absorption of energy by matter exposed to ionizing radiation. It is the only comprehensive work on the subject that can be considered definitive. It provides a deeper understanding of the initial phase of the interaction of ionizing radiation with matter, especially biological matter, and its consequences.
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"This is a careful and authoritative book on microdosimetry. No name is more closely associated with the subject than Rossi...The authors are to be congratulated on having produced a magnificent and much-needed work. This reviewer takes the liberty of saying 'thank you'" - Radiation Research
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978-3-642-85184-1 (9783642851841)
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10.1007/978-3-642-85184-1
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I Introduction.- I.1 The Role of Microdosimetry.- I.2 The Transfer of Energy from Ionizing Radiation to Matter.- I.3 Stochastic Quantities.- I.4 Spatial Aspects of Microdosimetry.- I.5 Temporal Aspects of Microdosimetry.- II Microdosimetric Quantities and their Moments.- II 1 Definitions.- II.2 Microdosimetric Distributions and their Moments.- II.3 Representations of Microdosimetric Distributions.- II.4 Experimental versus Calculated Microdosimetric Distributions.- III Interactions of Particles with Matter.- III.1 Overview.- III.2 Quantities and Terms Relating to the Interaction Between Projectiles and Targets.- III.3 Kinematics of the Scattering Process.- III.4 Sources of Charged Particles.- III.5 Microscopic Description of the Electromagnetic Interaction of Charged Particles with Matter.- III.6 The Interaction of Charged Particles with Bulk Matter.- III.7 Appendix: Formal Treatment of the Interaction of Charged Particles with Matter.- IV Experimental Microdosimetry.- IV.I The Site Concept.- IV.2 Fluctuations in Regional Microdosimetry.- IV.3 Measurements in Regional Microdosimetry.- IV.4 Measured Distributions of Lineal Energy.- IV.5 Measurement of Distributions of Specific Energy.- IV.6 Measurement of LET Distributions.- IV.7 Appendix: The V Effect.- V Theoretical Microdosimetry.- V.1 A Diversion in Geometric Probability.- V.2 Monte Carlo Simulation of Charged-Particle Tracks.- V.3 Calculation of Microdosimetric Spectra.- V.4 Methods for Obtaining Proximity Functions.- V.5 The Informational Content of the Moments of the Microdosimetric Distributions.- V.6 Appendix: The Maximum Entropy Principle.- VI Applications of Microdosimetry in Biology.- VI.1 Radiobiology.- V1.2 Radiotherapy.- VI.3 Radiation Protection.- VII Other Applications.- VII.1 Microdosimetry and Radiation Chemistry.- VII.2 Radiation Effects on Microelectronics.- VII.3 Microdosimetry and Thermoluminescence.- References.
