Thermal Dosimetry and Treatment Planning

Buch | Softcover

XI, 216 Seiten

2012 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-48714-9 (ISBN)

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When in the future improved and more flexible heating equipment becomes available, and when hyperthermia is applied more routinely, computerized simulations of treatments will become commonplace, as they are in radia tion therapy. For hyperthermia, however, such simulations will be used not only for the traditional role of planning patient treatment, but also for three other applications not needed in radiation therapy - the comparative evalu ation of equipment, feedback control during treatment, and the post-treat ment evaluation of therapy. The present simulations of hyperthermia are crude and simple when compared with what is required for these future ap plications, a fact which indicates the nedd for considerable research and de velopment in this area. Indeed, this research is proceeding rapidly within the hyperthermia community, whre three-dimensional power deposition and temperature calculations have just become available for realistic patieft anatomies. Of equal significance are the even more rapid development in diagnostic imaging for the determination and display of patient anatomy and blood flow rates - information required for the planning of realistic hyperthermia treatment. These simulations will be very valuable tools which can be used to great ad vantage when combined with data obtained from treatments of patients.

1 Fundamentals of Bioheat Transfer.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics.- 1.3 Modes of Heat Transfer.- 1.4 Heat Transfer to Blood Vessels.- 1.5 System Modeling.- 1.6 Numerical Methods.- 1.7 Properties and Measurements.- Nomenclature.- References.- 2 Calculation of Power Deposition Patterns in Hyperthermia.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 General Considerations.- 2.3 Modeling Progress.- 2.4 Numerical Methods.- References.- 3 Thermal Dosimetry.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Applications of Basic Heat Transfer Modeling Principles to Hyperthermia.- 3.3 Thermal Dosimetry.- Nomenclature.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.4.2012
Reihe/Serie	Clinical Thermology
Reihe/Serie	Thermotherapy
Mitarbeit	Assistent: John C. Chato, Keith D. Paulsen, Robert B. Roemer
Zusatzinfo	XI, 216 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 279 mm
Gewicht	575 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren
Schlagworte	Bioheat Transfer • Blood • Computer • Development • dosimetry • hyperthermia • numerical modeling • Planning • Radiation • Radiaton Oncology • Simulation • therapy • Thermal dosimetry • Thermotherapy • Treatment • Treatment Planning
ISBN-10	3-642-48714-9 / 3642487149
ISBN-13	978-3-642-48714-9 / 9783642487149
Zustand	Neuware