Strahlenbiologie / Radiation Biology: Handbuch der medizinischen Radiologie Encyclopedia of Medical Radiology, cartea 2 / 2

A. Phenomenology of radiation effects on microorganisms.- I. The physical character of radiation and its action on biological macromolecules.- II. The effect of ionizing radiation on the ability of microorganisms to form colonies.- III. The action of ionizing radiation on other aspects of viability.- IV. The effect of ionizing radiation on viruses.- V. Theoretical interpretation of the effect of ionizing radiation on microorganisms.- B. Phänomenologie der Strahlenwirkungen auf Organe und Organsysteme..- I. Histopathologie der Wirkung ionisierender Strahlen auf höhere Organismen (Tier und Mensch).- II. Morphologische Veränderungen der Blutzellen (Peripheres Blut).- C. Changes in immunobiological processes caused by radiation.- I. Introduction.- II. The known and the unknown.- III. The effect of radiation on the immune mechanism.- IV. Antibody-forming cells in in vivo cultures.- V. Transplantation antigens.- VI. Conclusion.- References.- D. Exposure of man to ionizing radiation from natural and artificial sources.- I. Introduction.- II. Natural sources of ionizing radiation.- III. Artificial sources of radiation.- IV. Comparison of doses and dose-rates from different sources.- V. Discussion of the significance of small doses and dose-rates.- VI. Derivation of formula for genetically significant dose.- References.- E. Biologie der Radionuclide.- A. Catsch.- F. Techniques in radiobiology.- I. Introduction.- II. The care and breeding of common laboratory animals for radiobiological experiments.- III. The organization of a radiobiological laboratory.- IV. The hazards of radiation exposure.- V. Radiobiological dosimetry.- Procedure for study in dosimetry.- VI. The testis as a radiation dosimeter.- VII. Radiation lethality.- VIII. Radioprotection.- IX. Irradiation lethalityaltered by fractionation of exposures.- X. Irradiation erythema and epilation.- XI. The hematological effects of total body x-irradiation.- XII. Effect of irradiation of the embryo and/or the fetus.- XIII. Tumor transplantation and radiotherapy.- XIV. Eadionuclides.- XV. Autoradiography.- XVI. Chromosome aberrations demonstrated in cultured cells.- XVII. Animal radiography.- XVIII. Paper chromatography in radiobiology.- References.- Namenverzeichnis— Author Index.