This is a broad study of the use of three-dimensional techniques in radiation therapy, in order to specify the target volume precisely and then to deliver radiation with similar precision, thus minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue. These techniques are at the forefront of radiotherapy research. Multimodality computed tomography, complex treatment-planning software, advanced collimation techniques, proton radiotherapy, megavoltage imaging and stereotactic radiosurgery are discussed.
This is a broad study of the use of three-dimensional techniques in radiation therapy, in order to specify the target volume precisely and then to del...
Clinical conformal radiotherapy is the holy grail of radiation treatment and is now becoming a reality through the combined efforts of physical scientists and engineers, who have improved the physical basis of radiotherapy, and the interest and concern of imaginative radiotherapists and radiographers. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy describes in detail the physics germane to the development of a particular form of clinical conformal radiotherapy called intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). IMRT has become a topic of tremendous importance in recent years and is now being...
Clinical conformal radiotherapy is the holy grail of radiation treatment and is now becoming a reality through the combined efforts of physical scient...
From the Watching of Shadows: The Origins of Radiological Tomography presents the first complete history of body imaging by discrete sections, from its earliest beginnings around 1920 to modern times. Divided into two parts, the book is highly illustrated with many original figures from patents and some previously unpublished pictures. The first part covers classical tomography from 1920 to the 1960s, including the origins of radiological tomography. The second part takes a fresh look at computed transmission and emission tomography that includes recent developments by pioneering...
From the Watching of Shadows: The Origins of Radiological Tomography presents the first complete history of body imaging by discrete sections, from it...
An overview of conformal therapy techniques which develops the 3-D techniques in radiation therapy. Since the subject area of conformal therapy continues to advance rapidly, this text includes information on 3D treatment planning, optimization, photon multileaf collimation and proton therapy. As well as introducing such areas as transit dosimetry, the work also details intensity-modulated therapy techniques and biological modelling. The physics underlying the techniques is clearly set out.
An overview of conformal therapy techniques which develops the 3-D techniques in radiation therapy. Since the subject area of conformal therapy contin...
