APPLICATION OF RADIATION SOURCES IN ONCOLOGY

Computer Science

Medical Physics is one of only a few professions in the physical science whwre we can exert a direct influence on the health and welling of mankind. We play a key role in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of diseases.We devise new technologies sources and then maintain improve them. In no subfield of medical physics this more true than in radiation oncology,especially within the past decade to improve control of the disease and as the same time, minimize the risk of complications. Many new treatment technologies have been directly, are being currently,developed where by patients can be treated more effectively with reduced side effects. these include several types of conformal radiotherapy such as stereatactic radiosurgery(SRS) and radiotherapy(SRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy(BNCT), heavy ion therapy and several forms of branchy therapy, such as high-dose rate(HDR), pulsed branchy therapy(PB) and 252Cf branchytherapy. A brief review of each new technologies is discussed.

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