Main description:

Since the early 1910s, the staff of Memorial Hospital in New York has been deeply involved in the development and application of radiation to treat cancer. This book chronicles the activities and contributions of the hospital's medical physics staff from 1910-2010. Memorial Hospital's medical physics pioneers included the likes of Gioacchino Failla and Edith Quimby, while the modern eras were led by John Laughlin and Clifton Ling.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Before the Beginning
Chapter 2 James Ewing, Radium, and the Birth of Medical Physics
Chapter 3 Gioacchino Failla, Inventor of Radiation Biophysics and Radiobiology
Chapter 4 John S. Laughlin: A Founder of Medical Physics
Chapter 5 Educational Programs and the J. S. Laughlin Visiting Professorship
Chapter 6 Radiation Protection
Chapter 7 Radiation Biophysics Arrives at MSKCC
Chapter 8 Computer-Assisted Treatment
Chapter 9 Nuclear Imaging Physics
Chapter 10 C. Clifton Ling-A New Era for Medical Physics