Broerse / Macvittie Response of Different Species to Total Body Irradiation

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-94-009-6048-0
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 10, 244 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Series in Radiology

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Broerse, J.J.

Macvittie, T.J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Some practical aspects of dosimetry and dose specification for whole body irradiation.- Dose and cell-survival calculations in anthropomorphic phantoms.- Susceptibility to total body irradiation.- Acute lethality - the hemopoietic syndrome in different species.- Early radiation mortality and recovery in large animals and primates.- Acute lethality and radiosensitivity of the canine hemopoietic system to Cobalt-60 gamma and mixed neutron-gamma irradiation.- Surmary of the discussion on physical aspects and acute lethality in different species.- Survival patterns and hemopathological responses of dogs under continuous gamma irradiation.- Haematopoietic syndrome in pigs.- Occurrence of radiation syndromes in rodents and monkeys in dependence on dose rate and radiation quality.- The response of man to accidental irradiation.- Total body irradiation and LD50 in man.- Biological factors affecting the occurrence of radiation syndromes.- Surmary of discussions following presentations on marrow response and hemopoietic syndromes.- Surmary of round table discussion on response of different species.