ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 provided an overview of radiation physics for radiation protection. The principles of radiation interactions with matter can be utilized to measure radiation with detectors or to accurately predict many aspects of radiation via Monte Carlo simulations. This chapter will provide an overview of such methods and the principles of their operation. Thorough treatment of radiation detection and simulations would require several texts; therefore, if more comprehensive information is required, the reader is directed to specific texts on radiation such as Radiation Detection and Measurement by G. F. Knoll, Medical Radiation Detectors: Fundamental and Applied Aspects by N. F. Kember, and so forth.
