The scientific issues related to radiation and associated health effects are complex and may be confusing for persons not professionally involved with them. The topics are even more complicated in the ...

This two-semester course will provide the student with the fundamentals of radiation oncology. The history of cancer and radiation therapy will be discussed. Technical aspects of treatment machines ...

The application of physics principles, methods, and techniques in clinical practice and research has revolutionized the entire medical science field to improve human health and overall wellbeing.

Radiation can damage human tissue right down to the chromosomal or even DNA level. (Courtesy: Omikron/Science Photo Library) One Sunday evening, as I finished reading Timothy Jorgensen’s Strange Glow, ...