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1 online resource (x, 437 pages) : illustrations |
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Frontiers of radiation therapy and oncology, 0071-9676 ; v. 40 |
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Frontiers of radiation therapy and oncology ; v. 40.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Frequently Used Abbreviations; Preface; Foreword: New Technologies in the Radiotherapy Clinic; Abstract; Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy:Where Are We Now, Where Do We Need to Go?; IMRT Efficiency and Benefit; Heterogeneity Correction; Image Guidance in Radiation Therapy; Intertreatment Changes; Intratreatment Motion and Tumor Tracking; Adaptive Radiotherapy; Biology, Imaging and Image Guidance; Stereotaxis and Radiotherapy Delivery; Current Concerns for SBRT; 1. Dose; 2. Fractionation; 3. Patient Selection; 4. Treatment Availability; References |
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Introduction: From New Frontiers to New Standards of Practice: Advances in Radiotherapy Planning and DeliveryAbstract; An Evolution of Technology Redefining Clinical Practice; The IGRT hypothesis:; CT Simulation and Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning; Oncological Imaging; Dose Calculations; Treatment Plan Optimization; Image-Guided Treatment Machines; Cone Beam CT Linear Accelerator IGRT; Helical Tomotherapy IGRT; Cyberknife IGRT; Image-Guided Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy and Beyond; Questions in the applications of IGRT:; Radiation Oncology Informatics; Collaborative Working Groups |
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Education and Training Requirements in the Image-Guided Radiation Therapy EraImplementing Image-Guided Radiation Therapy in the Clinic; Summary and Conclusion; References; I. IMRT and IGRT Techniques and Technology; Treatment Planning; Obstacles and Advances in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning; Abstract; Basic Concepts in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning; A Typical IMRT Treatment Planning System Today; Problems with Today 's IMRT Treatment Planning Systems; (1)Do DVH Constraints Derived in the Pre-IMRT Era Apply to IMRT Dose Distributions? |
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(2)The Weight Paradox(3)Hard-to-Control Tradeoffs and the Lack of Clear Priorities; (4)Dosimetric Modeling Problems; (5)Hot Spots outside the Target; (6)The Lack of Dose Tweaking Tools; Treatment Planning Workarounds:Some Suggestions; Workaround for Chopped Beamlets; Approaches to Improving Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning; Prioritized Prescription Optimization; Summarizing Locational Information about Hot and Cold Spots: Dose-Distance Plots; Biologically Based Treatment Planning; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References |
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Four-Dimensional Imaging and Treatment Planning of Moving TargetsAbstract; Artifacts in Imaging of Moving Objects; Four-Dimensional CT Scanning; Challenges Posed by Four-Dimensional CT; Four-Dimensional Dose Calculations; Case Study; Acknowledgements; References; Imaging from Treatment Planning to Delivery; Image Guidance:Treatment Target Localization Systems; Abstract; The Treatment Planning and Delivery Process; Sources of Geometric Uncertainty; Target Localization Technologies; Surface Markers and Optical Tracking; Stereotaxy; Megavoltage Electronic Portal Imaging; Radiopaque Markers |
| Summary |
A Karger 'Publishing Highlights 1890-2015' title <br />New high-precision technologies for the planning and delivery of radiotherapy are major advances in cancer treatment. This volume is a comprehensive guidebook to these new technologies and the many clinical treatment programs that bring them into practical use. Advances in intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), 4D and adaptive treatment planning are clearly explained, and the new target localization and image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) systems are comprehensively reviewed. Clinical tutorials fully illustrate the target definitions for the major cancer sites, and techniques for organ motion management are shown. In addition, chapters explore the technical basis for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and the latest clinical experience with it for most organ sites. In this volume, foremost authorities explain the important new techniques and technologies of radiation oncology, and give essential treatment guidelines for its clinical and technical practitioners |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Cancer -- Radiotherapy.
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Radiotherapy.
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Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted -- methods
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Radiation Oncology
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Radiotherapy
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Cancer -- Radiotherapy
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Radiotherapy
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Radiothérapie assistée ordinateur -- méthodes.
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Cancer -- Radiothérapie.
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Radiothérapie.
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Krebs <Medizin> -- Strahlentherapie -- Bestrahlungsplan -- Aufsatzsammlung.
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Strahlentherapie -- Krebs <Medizin> -- Bestrahlungsplan -- Aufsatzsammlung.
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Bestrahlungsplan -- Strahlentherapie -- Krebs <Medizin> -- Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Meyer, John, 1949-
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| ISBN |
9783318014150 |
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331801415X |
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