The Physics of Three-dimensional Radiation Therapy

Conformal Radiotherapy, Radiosurgery and Treatment Planning

Steve Webb (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

392 Seiten

1993
Institute of Physics Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7503-0247-0 (ISBN)

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An overview of the use of three-dimensional techniques in radiation therapy, this study explores the use of multi-modality computed tomography, treatment-planning software, advanced collimation techniques, proton radiotherapy, megavoltage imaging and stereotactic radiosurgery.

3D radiation therapy treatment planning; planning tools; computer systems; beams; image registration; structures from images; dose calculation; biological response; treatment plan optimization; inverse CT; convolution dosimetry; analytic and iterative deconvolution theory; stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy; the physics of proton radiotherapy; conformal radiotherapy with a multileaf collimator; megavoltage portal imaging; treatment machine features; imaging for conformal radiotherapy planning; X-ray CT; MRI; SPECT; PET; CT-simulators.

Reihe/Serie	Medical Science Series
Zusatzinfo	157 line drawings, 39 half-tones, glossary, index
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	637 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Nuklearmedizin
ISBN-10	0-7503-0247-X / 075030247X
ISBN-13	978-0-7503-0247-0 / 9780750302470
Zustand	Neuware