Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

  1. 408 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

About this book

Written by internationally known experts in the field, Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy examines one of the fastest-developing subspecialties within radiation oncology. These procedures deliver large doses of radiation in one to five sessions to a precisely determined target. Often these techniques have proven to be

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2014
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781439841983
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Oncology

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Series preface
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Editors
  8. Contributors
  9. Chapter 1: Historic development of stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy
  10. Chapter 2: Gamma Knife
  11. Chapter 3: Conventional medical linear accelerators adapted for stereotactic radiation therapy
  12. Chapter 4: Dedicated linear accelerators for stereotactic radiation therapy
  13. Chapter 5: Light ion beam programs for stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiation therapy
  14. Chapter 6: Small animal irradiators for stereotactic radiation therapy
  15. Chapter 7: Developing stereotactic frames for cranial treatment
  16. Chapter 8: Frames for extracranial treatment
  17. Chapter 9: Motion management
  18. Chapter 10: Image-guided radiation therapy and frameless stereotactic radiation therapy
  19. Chapter 11: Stereotactic treatment planning
  20. Chapter 12: Small-field dosimetry for stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy
  21. Chapter 13: Radiation biology of stereotactic radiotherapy
  22. Chapter 14: Clinical outcomes using stereotactic body radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery
  23. Chapter 15: The future of stereotactic radiosurgery
  24. Back Cover

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