Principles and Practice of Proton Bean Therapy

Monograph No. 37

Indra J. Das, Harald Paganetti

• Publisher: Medical Physics Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781936366439
• eBook ISBN: 9781936366446

Proton therapy has been used in radiation therapy for over 70 years, but within the last decade its use in clinics has grown exponentially. This book fills in the proton therapy gap by focusing on the physics of proton therapy, including beam production, proton interactions, biology, dosimetry, treatment planning, quality assurance, commissioning, motion management, and uncertainties. From Niek Schreuder in Medical Physics… "This book is a well-composed compendium of papers that serves as a comprehensive textbook for Medical Physicists and other professionals practicing in the field of proton therapy. The editors selected scholars with detailed knowledge in their specific areas to cover the most important areas of proton therapy. This book is highly recommended as an essential tool in the arsenal of the proton therapy medical physicist." Chapters are written by the world's leading medical physicists who work at the pioneering proton treatment centers around the globe. They share their understandings after years of experience treating thousands of patients. Case studies involving specific cancer treatments show that there is some art to proton therapy as well as state-of-the-art science. Even though the focus lies on proton therapy, the content provided is also valuable to heavy charged particle therapy. The book is tailored mainly to clinical physicists, who might use this as a textbook in the fast-growing field of proton therapy. Furthermore, this book provides up-to-date references to the scientific literature on each aspect of proton therapy covered in its 28 chapters. The book also includes an appendix of proton therapy nomenclature.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Chapter 1--Introduction and History of Proton Therapy
• Chapter 2--The Practicing Clinician’s Perspective on Proton Beam Therapy
• Chapter 3--Proton Beam Interactions: Basic
• Chapter 4--Proton Beam Interactions: Clinical
• Chapter 5--Proton Relative Biological Effectiveness
• Chapter 6--Proton Beam Production and Dose Delivery Techniques
• Chapter 7--Imaging for Proton Therapy
• Chapter 8--Field Shaping: Scattered Beam
• Chapter 9--Field Shaping: Scanning Beam
• Chapter 10--Secondary Radiation Production and Shielding for Proton Therapy Facilities
• Chapter 11--Detector Systems
• Chapter 12--Dosimetry and Beam Calibration
• Chapter 13--Acceptance Testing of Proton Therapy Systems
• Chapter 14--Clinical Commissioning of Proton Beam
• Chapter 15--Quality Assurance, Part 1: Machine Quality Assurance
• Chapter 16--Quality Assurance, Part 2: Patient-specific Quality Assurance
• Chapter 17--Proton Therapy Workflow
• Chapter 18--Immobilization and Simulation
• Chapter 19-- Dose Calculations for Proton Beam Therapy: Semi-empirical Analytical Methods
• Chapter 20--Dose Calculations for Proton Beam Therapy: Monte Carlo
• Chapter 21--Uncertainties in Proton Therapy: Their Impact and Management
• Chapter 22--Treatment Plan Optimization in Proton Therapy
• Chapter 23--Treatment Planning for Passive Scattering Proton Therapy
• Chapter 24--Treatment Planning for Pencil Beam Scanning
• Chapter 25--Motion Management
• Chapter 26--Monitor Unit (MU) Calculation
• Chapter 27--Small Field Dosimetry: SRS and Eyes
• Chapter 28--In Vivo Dosimetry for Proton Therapy
• APPENDIX: Nomenclature and Terminology in Proton Therapy