Radiobiology for the Radiologist brings together basic laboratory research and practical, clinical applications.

Features:

• Covers topics applicable to diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology
• Offers material specifically for radiation oncologists
• Includes new material about doses and risks in interventional radiology and cardiology

Contents

1. The Physics and Chemistry of Radiation Absorption
2. DNA Strand Breaks and Chromosomal Aberrations
3. Cell Survival Curves
4. Radiosensitivity and Cell Age in the Mitotic Cycle
5. Repair of Radiation Damage and the Dose-Rate Effect
6. The Oxygen Effect and Reoxygenation
7. Linear Energy Transfer and Relative Biological Effectiveness
8. Acute Effects of Total-Body Irradiation
9. Radioprotectors
10. Radiation Carcinogenesis
11. Hereditary Effects of Radiation
12. Effects of Radiation on the Embryo and Fetus
13. Radiation Cataractogenesis
14. Doses and Risks in Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology and Cardiology, and Nuclear Medicine
15. Radiation Protection
16. Molecular Techniques in Radiobiology
17. Cancer Biology
18. Dose-Response Relationships for Model Normal Tissues
19. Clinical Response of Normal Tissues
20. Model Tumor Systems
21. Cell, Tissue, and Tumor Kinetics
22. Time, Dose, and Fractionation in Radiotherapy
23. Predictive Assays
24. Alternative Radiation Modalities
25. Radiosensitizers and Bioreductive Drugs
26. Gene Therapy
27. Chemotherapeutic Agents from the Perspective of the Radiation Biologist
28. Hyperthermia

Index

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