On-Treatment Verification Imaging: A Study Guide for IGRT

ISBN-13: 9781138499911 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 244 str.

Mike Kirby; Kerrie-Anne Calder

Opis

This is the first book dedicated to on-treatment verification imaging, which is now at the heart of radiotherapy planning and treatment delivery. It is written in an accessible manner for both graduate students and trainees as well as established medical physicists and therapeutic radiographers and radiation therapists.

Spis treści

1. The Concepts and Consequences of Set-up Errors. 2. The Foundations of the Equipment used for Radiotherapy Verification. 3. Concepts of On-Treatment Verification. 4. Clinical Protocols and Imaging Training. 5. Concomitant Exposures and Legal Framework. 6. Foundational Principles of Protocols, Tolerances, Action Levels, and Corrective Strategies. 7. Imaging Science, Imaging Equipment (Pre-treatment and On-treatment). 8. Clinical Practice Principles. 9. Quality Systems and Quality Assurance. 10. Alternative Technologies. 11. Incident Reporting. 12. Protocol Development and Training. 13. Commissioning of new on-treatment imaging equipment and techniques; Intergration into the Oncology Management System