The textbook begins with exercises related to radioactive sources and decay schemes. The
problems covered include series decay and how to determine the frequency and energy of emitted
particles in disintegrations. The next chapter deals with the interaction of ionizing radiation
including the treatment of photons and charged particles. The main focus is on applications
based on the knowledge of interaction to be used in subsequent work and courses. The textbook
then examines detectors and measurements including both counting statistics and properties of
pulse detectors. The chapter that follows is dedicated to dosimetry which is a major subject
in medical radiation physics. It covers theoretical applications such as different equilibrium
situations and cavity theories as well as experimental dosimetry including ionization
chambers and solid state and liquid dosimeters. A shorter chapter deals with radiobiology
where different cell survival models are considered. The last chapter concerns radiation
protection and health physics. Both radioecology and radiation shielding calculations are
covered. The textbook includes tables to simplify the solutions of the exercises but the
reader is mainly referred to important websites for importing necessary data.
