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Radiation oncology : a physicist's-eye view / Michael Goitein.
Holman Biotech Commons RC271.R3 G65 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goitein, Michael.
- Series:
- Biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radiation.
- Cancer--Radiotherapy.
- Cancer.
- Health Physics.
- Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
- Radiation Oncology--methods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Physics.
- Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
- Radiation Oncology--methods.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 330 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer, [2008]
- Summary:
- The papers collected in this hugely useful volume cover the principle physical and biological aspects of radiation therapy and in addition, address practical clinical considerations in the planning and delivering of that therapy. The importance of the assessment of uncertainties is emphasized. Topics include an overview of the physics of the interactions of radiation with matter and the definition of the goals and the design of radiation therapy approaches.
- Contents:
- Radiation in the treatment of cancer
- Uncertainty
- Mapping anatomy
- Designing a treatment beam
- Biology matters
- Designing a treatment plan
- Motion management
- Planning manually
- IMRT and "optimization"
- Proton therapy in water
- Proton therapy in the patient
- Quality assurance
- Confidence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index.
- "AIP Press"--p. [4] of cover.
- ISBN:
- 0387726446
- 9780387726441
- OCLC:
- 154711960
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