Medical Electron Accelerators

Explores the design and operating principles of microwave electron linear accelerators used for the treatment of cancer; associated equipment and accessories in the radiotherapy clinic, such as simulators, treatment planning units, radiotherapy management systems, and electronic portal imagers; and other electron accelerators, such as microtrons, betatrons, and direct accelerators. The intended readers are medical physicists and engineers, radiation technologists and administrators, and oncologists. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.