Proceedings of the conference on physics in environmental and biomedical research

This book describes the papers presented in conference on physics in environmental and biomedical research. The topics covered are: Fusion energy and its environmental impact; underground laboratories; synchrotron radiation in biophysics and medicine; spectroscopy contribution to knowledge of the hemoproteins; x-ray scattering experiments with three-dimensional imaging gas detectors; accelerators in environmental and biomedical research; problems in medicine and biology studied by use of particle accelerators; applications of nuclear physics techniques; emission computed tomography; advanced radiation detectors for biomedical imaging; optical techniques; perspectives of magnetic resonance techniques; imaging and remote sensing; quantitative information in medical imaging; lasers and electromagnetic images for environmental monitoring; model development of medicine; risk assessment of transportation of radioactive material; models in radiological protection; and membrane physics in medicine