Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy (eBook)

Alessandra Caner, Yves Lemoigne (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 2009. Auflage
XVIII, 250 Seiten
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-90-481-3097-9 (ISBN)

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Physics of Modern Radiotherapy & Brachytherapy
Archamps, France
15-27 November 2007.

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This book reports the majority of lectures given during the NATO Advanced Study Institute ASI-982996, which was held at the European Scientific Institute of Archamps (ESI, Archamps - France) from November 15 to November 27, 2007. The ASI course was structured in two parts: the first was dedicated to what is often called "e;teletherapy"e;, i. e. radiotherapy with external beams, while the second focused on internal radiotherapy, also called "e;brachytherapy"e; or "e;curietherapy"e; in honour of Madame Curie who initiated the technique about a century ago. This ASI took place after the European School of Medical Physics, which devoted a 3 week period to medical imaging, a subject complementary to the topics of this book. Courses devoted to nuclear medicine and digital imaging techniques are collected in two volumes of the NATO Science Series entitled "e;Physics for Medical Imaging Applications"e; (ISBN 978-1-4020-5650-5) and "e;Molecular imaging: computer reconstruction and practice"e; (ISBN 978-1-4020- 8751-6). Every year in autumn ESI organises the European School of Medical Physics, which covers a large spectrum of topics ranging from Medical Imaging to Radiotherapy, over a period of 5 weeks. Thanks to the Cooperative Science and Technology sub-programme of the NATO Science Division, weeks four and five were replaced this year by the ASI course dedicated to "e;Physics of Modern Radiotherapy & Brachytherapy"e;. This allowed the participation of experts and students from 20 different countries, with diverse cultural background and p- fessional experience.

Inhalt

Preface. List of participants. Photographs. I: Introduction To Radiotherapy. Fundamental Radiobiology and its Application to Radiation Oncology; F.M.Buffa.- Accuracy Strategies in Radiotherapy; G. H. Hartmann.- 2: X-Rays Teletherapy. Dosimetry for Photons and Electrons Radiation; G. H. Hartmann.- Nomenclature in Radiotherapy; G. H. Hartmann.- Quality Assurance in Radiotherapy; A. Mckenzie.-Radiotherapy Accidents; A. Mckenzie.-Clinical Applications of 3-D Conformal Radiotherapy; R. Miralbell.- Treatment Planning: IMRT Optimization - Basic and Advanced Techniques; S. Nill.- Treatment Planning: Stereotactic Treatment Techniques; S. Nill.- Image Guided Radiotherapy;U. Oelfke.-Clinical Use of 3-D Image Registration; P. Remeijer.- Geometrical Uncertainties in Radiotherapy; P. Remeijer.-Delivery of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Including Compensation for Organ Motion; S. Webb.- 3: Hadrontherapy. Hadrontherapy: Cancer Treatment with Proton and Carbon Beams; U. Amaldi and G. Kraft.- Proton Therapy; U Oelfke.- 4: Brachytherapy. Photon Sources for Brachytherapy; A. Rijnders.-Calibration of Photon Sources for Brachytherapy; A. Rijnders.- Cancer of the Cervix: Examples of Bt Treatment Techniques; I.- L. Lamm.- Paris System for Interstitial Brachytherapy; G. Marinello.-Solid State Detectors for Quality Assurance in Brachytherapy; G. Marinello.- Monte Carlo Application in Brachytherapy Dosimetry; J. Perez- Calatayud et al.- Appendix.

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Nuklearmedizin
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Schlagworte: Biophysics • Brachytherapy • Computed tomography • Computed tomography (CT) • Conformal Radiotherapy • Digital Imaging • Hadrontherapy • Imaging • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) • Medical Imaging • Modulated Radiotherapy • NATO • Peace • Physics • Science • security • Sub-Series B • Tomography • X-Ray
• ISBN-10: 90-481-3097-2 / 9048130972
• ISBN-13: 978-90-481-3097-9 / 9789048130979