The Modern Technology of Radiation Oncology
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The Modern Technology of Radiation Oncology

A Compendium for Medical Physicists and Radiation Oncologists

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The Modern Technology of Radiation Oncology

A Compendium for Medical Physicists and Radiation Oncologists

About this book

The purpose of this book is to describe the technological details associated with radiation oncology. Unlike standard medical physics textbooks which generally do not address design details or the details of acceptance, commissioning, and quality assurance, this book emphasizes the design of all the equipment or tools that are associated with radiation treatment. In addition, it describes the procedures that are required to implement this equipment into clinical service (needs assessment, purchase, acceptance and commissioning) and--once it is in service--the quality assurance that is required to keep the equipment operational at acceptable levels. In addition to describing all the tools that are used in "standard" radiation treatment centers, Modern Technology of Radiation Oncology addresses less common or evolving technologies and, thus, provides a comprehensive overview. Anyone embarking on any of these new procedures will be able to gain some basic insight as to what is required to make the procedure clinically viable. The book is intended to be both a reference text for those who have been working in the field for some years as well as a learning tool for those who are entering the field. While the body of each chapter is written at a level understandable by both medical physicists and radiation oncologists, additional detailed information for medical physicists is provided in the appendices at the end of some of the chapters.

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Information

Publisher
Medical Physics Publishing
Year
1999
Print ISBN
9780944838389
eBook ISBN
9781930524897

Table of contents

  1. CHAPTER 1--RADIATION ONCOLOGY OVERVIEW
  2. CHAPTER 2--CLINICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCESS
  3. CHAPTER 3--PATIENT IMMOBILIZATION
  4. CHAPTER 4--SIMULATORS
  5. CHAPTER 5--CT SIMULATORS
  6. CHAPTER 6--SIMULATOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
  7. CHAPTER 7--IMAGING FOR RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING (MRI, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, ULTRASOUND)
  8. CHAPTER 8--COMPUTERIZED RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS
  9. CHAPTER 9--KILOVOLTAGE X-RAYS
  10. CHAPTER 10--COBALT-60 TELETHERAPY
  11. CHAPTER 11--MEDICAL ACCELERATORS
  12. CHAPTER 12--BEAM SHAPING AND INTENSITY MODULATION
  13. CHAPTER 13--MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOGRAPHY FOR TREATMENT VERIFICATION
  14. CHAPTER 14--RADIATION ONCOLOGY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
  15. CHAPTER 15--TOMOTHERAPY
  16. CHAPTER 16--STEREOTACTIC IRRADIATION
  17. CHAPTER 17A--SPECIAL TECHNIQUES: TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION WITH PHOTON BEAMS
  18. CHAPTER 17B--SPECIAL TECHNIQUES: TOTAL SKIN ELECTRON IRRADIATION
  19. CHAPTER 17C--SPECIAL TECHNIQUES: INTRAOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY
  20. CHAPTER 18--BRACHYTHERAPY
  21. CHAPTER 19--DOSE MEASURING TOOLS
  22. CHAPTER 20--PROTON THERAPY
  23. CHAPTER 21--NEUTRON THERAPY
  24. CHAPTER 22A--HYPERTHERMIA: LOCAL HYPERTHERMIA
  25. CHAPTER 22B--HYPERTHERMIA: WHOLE BODY HYPERTHERMIA
  26. CHAPTER 23--PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
  27. CHAPTER 24--BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
  28. CHAPTER 25--MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AND OTHER INTERNAL EMITTER THERAPIES
  29. ACRONYMS
  30. INDEX