Structural shielding design and evaluation for megavoltage x- and gamma-ray radiotherapy facilities recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

• Corporate Author: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, ©2005.
• Series: NCRP report ; no. 151.
• Subjects: Medical radiology > Equipment and supplies > Safety measures.; Shielding (Radiation); Radiotherapy > Safety measures.; Gamma rays > Physiological effect.; Medical radiology > Safety measures.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781601198594; 9781601192387; 9781429479974; 9780929600871
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (x, 246 pages) : illustrations : digital, HTML and PDF files.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Calculational methods
• Workload, use factor and absorbed-dose rate considerations
• Structural details
• Special considerations
• Shielding evaluation (surveys)
• Examples.