"Version: 20240301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Breast cancer stages and risk factors -- 2.1. Background -- 2.2. Breast cancer stages -- 2.3. Breast cancer risk factors3. Breast cancer prevention and breast cancer types -- 3.1. Breast cancer prevention -- 3.2. Breast cancer control -- 3.3. Breast cancer symptoms -- 3.4. Breast cancer types -- 3.5.…
"Version: 20240601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to humanitarian engineering : varieties of technical experience / David Butler and Guru Madhavan -- 2. Cost-effective radiation treatment delivery systems for low- and middle-income countries / Afua A. Yorke and Eric Ford -- 3. Advanced information and communication technologies including artificial intell…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Beam modulation -- 2.1. Forward planning -- 2.2. Paradigm shift -- 2.3. Simulated annealing3. Definitions and terminology -- 3.1. Pixel -- 3.2. Voxel -- 3.3. Bixel (beamlet) -- 3.4. Intensity level -- 3.5. Segment -- 3.6. Concept of dose painting4. IMRT devices -- 4.1. Intensity modulation filter/com…
"Version: 20170801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Foreword / by Slavik Tabakov -- Foreword / by Brian Kavanagh -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Global oncology and the Harvard Global Health Catalyst summits -- 1.2. Book overview2. Global oncology education -- 2.1. Seed Global Health -- 2.2. The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) -- 2.3. The African Orga…
"Version: 20240601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. General measures for radiation protection -- 2. Radiation protection of persons undergoing exposures -- 3. Diagnostic radiology (excluding dental) and fluoroscopically guided interventions -- 4. Diagnostic radiology (excluding dental) and fluoroscopically-guided interventions x-ray equipment management -- 5. Dental ra…
"Version: 20160501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The basics of x-rays -- 1.1. What are x-rays? -- 1.2. Characteristics and properties of x-rays -- 1.3. Substances and x-rays -- 1.4. The effect of x-rays on radiographic film2. Radiographic quality -- 2.1. Properties of radiographic quality -- 2.2. Quality control factors -- 2.3. Density and current -- 2.4. …
"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.3. Current models of global radiation oncology -- 3.1. The twinning partnership model for global radiation oncology -- 3.2. The consortium partnership model -- 3.3. The non-profit model for global radiation oncology4. ICT-powered models of global radiation oncology -- 4.1. Potential of ICTs to catalyze global radiation on…
"Version: 20141201"--Title page verso.Introduction -- Author biographies -- Basic physics -- X-ray imaging -- Imaging theory -- Radiation protection -- Computed tomography -- Ultrasound -- Magnetic resonance -- Nuclear medicine.Knowledge of scientific principles is also mandated as a result of a need to understand best and safest practice, especially in the use of ionising radiation where legis…