Quantitative Mathematical Models in Radiation Biology Proceedings of the Symposium at Schloss Rauisch-Holzhausen, FRG, July 1987

Radiation is the one agent among all environmental factors which may damage biological systems that is not only easily quantifiable but can also be measured with unsurpassed resolution. Its primary effects on atoms and molecules are well understood, and the secondary processes can be followed by sop...

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Other Authors: Kiefer, Jürgen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1988, 1988
Edition:1st ed. 1988
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude: Why and to what end mathematical models In radiation biology
  • Models of cellular radiation action — an overview
  • Finestructures of energy deposition — introductory remarks
  • Analytics required by the multiple nature of radiation effects in cells
  • Problems in theoretical track structure research for heavy charged particles
  • Radiobiological modeling based on track structure
  • The role of energy distributions of charged particles in the mutagenic radiation action
  • Relative biological effectiveness: review of a model
  • Saturation in dual radiation action
  • Hit-size effectiveness approach in biophysical modeling
  • Interpreting survival observations using phenomenological models
  • Cluster theory of the effects of ionizing radiations
  • The LETHAL AND POTENTIALLY LETHAL model — a review and recent development
  • DNA double-strand breaks and their relation to cytoxicity
  • The pairwise lesion interaction model
  • A repair fixation model based on classical enzyme kinetics
  • Formal, empirical and mechanistic equations in cellular radiation biology