Ion medical radiography

Considered are physical principles of ion radiography, its methods (the method of residual range, the nuclear scattering method), the results of investigation of animals, tissues of the human organism, of the patient. The perspectiveness of ion radiography in diagnosis of not only neoplasms, but of other serious deseases is shown. The variants of accelerator projects for ion radiography are discussed. Some aspects of utilization of charged particle detectors and requirements to the beam parameters are elucidated. Shown are the advantages of ion application: lower irradiation doses, higher picture contrast than in case of roentgenography, possible differentiation of soft tissues and observation of small anomalies in them. The potentialities of ion radiography and prospects of its development are discussed