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The chapters in the table below are from: Hall, Eric J. Radiobiology for the Radiologist. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000. ISBN: 0781726492.
| 1 |
Course Intro/Cells and Tissues Overview |
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| 2 |
Radiation Interactions |
Chapter 1 |
| 3 |
Radiation Interactions (cont.) |
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| 4 |
Radiation Chemistry/LET/Tracks |
Chapter 7 |
| 5 |
Effects on Chromosomes/DNA |
Chapter 2 |
| 6 |
Dose Response in Vitro: Cell Survival Curves |
Chapter 3 |
| 7 |
RBE/Clustered Damage |
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| 8 |
Protons and Alphas of same LET |
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| 9 |
Dose Response in Vivo |
Chapters 18 and 20 |
| 10 |
Chemical Modification of Radiation Response |
Chapters 6, 9 and 25 |
| 11 |
Cell, Tissue and Tumor Kinetics |
Chapters 4 and 5 |
| 12 |
Exam 1 |
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| 13 |
Tumor Radiobiology: Radiation Therapy |
Chapter 21 |
| 14 |
Radiation Therapy: Fractionation |
Chapter 19 |
| 15 |
Acute Effects of Whole Body Exposure |
Chapter 8 |
| 16 |
Late Effects: Chronic Exposure/Low Doses |
Chapters 10, 11 and 12 |
| 17 |
Radiation Protection/Background Radiation/Radon |
Chapter 15 |
| 18 |
Alpha Particles/Bystander Effect |
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| 19 |
Microbeams |
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| 20 |
RBE of Diagnostic X Rays |
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| 21 |
BNCT/Other Modalities |
Chapters 24, 27 and 28 |
| 22 |
Space |
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| 23 |
Space (cont.) |
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| 24 |
Exam 2 |
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| 25 |
Oral Term Paper Presentations |
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