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Radiobiology for the Radiologist

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Not only is this book the gold standard, but it is eminently readable. It "sticks". Having seen Dr. Hall lecture I can appreciate how his text reads very much like his class lectures. Makes a topic that a radiation oncologist might find odious rather enjoyable, without sacrificing high standards and scholarly quality.

A must read book for radiation oncology and physics residents. All topics on radiobiology are explained in a comprehensible way. This book, plus "The Physics of Radiation Therapy", by Faiz Khan, are the basics of the knowledge for the people who are begining in the understanding of radiation physics. Great book, written for one of the best physics in the world.

Hall's sixth edition of RADIOBIOLOGY FOR THE RADIOLOGIST was the text I used for a course on radiobiology. I am a diagnostic imaging physicist and I highly recommend Hall's book for other medical physicists. Aside from the NCRP and BEIR reports, Hall is the go-to source for the biological effects of radiation. It is directed more towards cancer therapy, with every section pointing towards the use of radiation to attack cancer cells. Hall covers the biological effects of radiation in the first half and covers radiation therapy explicitly in the second half.

As other reviewers have mentioned, Hall is very readable despite the deep level of detail he goes into when covering biological processes. Sometimes the professional jargon does become impenetrable to someone not trained in biology, and while Hall is careful to cover the basic physics of radiation interactions I think the book would benefit from a chapter covering biological terminology. His chapters overflow with graphs and charts, which I believe is a good thing, but they can be difficult to interpret as Hall rarely includes error bars on his plots. His chapter summaries are excellent review mechanisms and teaching aids. Finally, each chapter has an extensive bibliography so that the inquisitive student can do further research.

For the diagnostic imaging physicist, the first fifteen chapters are invaluable as a detailed guide to the biological effects of radiation. Hall covers the physics and chemistry of radiation absorption, how radiation affects DNA and cell behavior, the relative biological effects of different radiation modes and environmnet conditions, the deterministic and stochastic effects of radiation, radiation protection methods, and the doses and risks in radiology. The second half of the book is devoted to radiation therapy, which would pertain more to radiation oncologists and radiation therapy physicists.

This book is of amazing lucidity and depth. This book also covers a sufficient amount of important, significant information necessary to reach a worthy understanding of Radiobiology.

This review is for the Kindle edition only. I have purchased two prior hard cover editions of this book and looked forward to the 7th edition on my Kindle and iPad. The Kindle edition is missing some of the figures in several of the chapters. I confirmed this on my Mac as well. Editor needs to fix this.

Great book for those that are in radiation fields and those who are interested. I use it for radiation therapy and dosimetry to get a better understanding of biological effects of radiation.

Very good book for radiobiology and price is even better. Fast shipping, placed the order and used normally shipping. Got it in couple of days. Like it very much.

The book is used in a radiation biology undergraduate class. The problem is that some of the beginning knowledge needs to be fleshed out a bit more, which our instructors compensated with handouts and extra material. The book is really geared toward understanding the biological ramifications of radiation exposure, but does need a reworking of the introduction chapters to be comprehensive and correct.

I wanted to buy the well-known textbook on Radiobiology. The new edition was expensive for me and I've decided to buy the used one. The book explains the basic principles, important experimental results and approaches used in Radiobiology. If you consider a career in Medical Physics, I would recommend to have this book on your bookshelf.

This is a fabulous book for the Medical Oncologist, who should know something about this field. I bought an earlier edition of this book thirty-five years ago during my oncology fellowship and just bought this latest version, which is thoroughly updated. It continues to be a gem.