Nanoparticle Enhanced Radiation Therapy: Principles, methods and applications - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750323973 ISBN 13: 9780750323970

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

The central purpose of nanoparticle enhanced radiotherapy (NPRT) is to more precisely control where the radiation dose is to be delivered, desirably with subcellular precision. The contents of this text covers the rationale and fundamental principles of NPRT, optimal nanoparticle size, concentrations and clinical applications. This volume will serve as a resource for researchers, educators and industry.

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About the Author

Erno Sajo is a Professor and the Director of medical physics at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he also serves as the Director of biomedical engineering and biotechnology. His research areas are radiation transport computations at the nanoscale with emphasis on interfacial effects, including nanoparticle transport, the physiological translocation of nanoparticles, and nanoparticle enhanced radiation therapy. He is an Associate Editor of the Health Physics journal and has also served as an ad-hoc Editor of Medical Physics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750323973
• ISBN 13: 9780750323970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322
• Editor: Sajo Erno, Zygmanski Piotr