Radiation Biology for Physical Scientists

Image-Star of life with a gold star.png center Welcome everyone! If you are a physical scientist interested in the biological effects of ionizing radiation then you just may be in the right place. Additionally, if you are non-specialist in radiation biology looking for a primer then you also may just be in the right place. This book assumes the reader has minimal biology background. The concepts chosen are adapted from published recommendations by the American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the minimum material that should be covered in a radiation biology course for a medical physicist. Radiation biology is study of the biological effects of radiation on biological materials. Beginner Contents AAPM Curriculum· IAEA Curriculum 100% January 2, 2014 /Radiation Interaction - Physical and Chemical Events/ 100% January 2, 2014 /Radiation Sensitivity of Cells/ 100% January 2, 2014 /Radiation Induced Damage and Repair/ 100% January 5, 2014 /Cell Response to Radiation Mutagenesis/ 100% May 5, 2014 /Mathematics of Radiation Biology/ 100% May 5, 2014 /Imaging Tumour Physiology/ Main Editors The editors would like to thank anonymous contributors to the growth of this Wikibook. Please look at the talk page before editing this book This is a wiki project - an open source, free access reference book. Anyone is welcome and encouraged to contribute anytime, anything (as long as it relates to Radiation Biology). Feel free to edit it, update it, correct it, and otherwise increase its teaching potential. Both small contributions (correcting typos, grammar etc. as well as contributions to content are appreciated. If there are subjects missing outright, please feel free to start them. Special thanks to our anonymous contributors Javian Malcolm - (Javian Malcolm) | Duke Medical Physics, Durham, NC - I like this project because it gives me a chance to explain radiation biology in the way that I finally understood Bria Moore Reference Textbooks The authors highly recommend the following reference materials. Radiobiology for the Radiologist by Eric Hall and Amato Giaccia: Well-written textbook for non-specialist in radiation biology Basic Clinical Radiobiology by Albert Van der Kogel and Michael Joiner Medicine 100%