Khan's treatment planning in radiation oncology
Khan's treatment planning in radiation oncology [E-Book]
- Fourth edition.
- 1 online resource (662 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Revised edition of Treatment planning in radiation oncology / editors, Faiz M. Khan, Bruce J. Gerbi. 3rd ed. c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section I: Physics and biology of treatment planning. Introduction: process, equipment, and personnel -- Imaging in radiotherapy -- Treatment simulation -- Treatment planning algorithms: photon dose calculations -- Treatment planning algorithms: brachytherapy -- Treatment planning algorithms: electron beams -- Treatment planning algorithms: proton therapy -- Commissioning and quality assurance -- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy: photons -- Intensity-modulated proton therapy -- Patient and organ movement -- Image-guided radiation therapy -- Linac radiosurgery: system requirements, procedures, and testing -- Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy -- Low dose-rate brachytherapy -- High dose-rate brachytherapy treatment planning -- Electron beam treatment planning -- Proton beam therapy -- Role of protons versus photons in modern radiotherapy: clinical perspective -- Fractionation: radiobiologic principles and clinical practice -- Radiobiology of stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy -- Tolerance of normal tissue to therapeutic radiation -- Treatment plan evaluation -- Section II: Treatment planning for specific cancers. Cancers of the gastrointestinal tract -- Gynecologic malignancies -- Cancer of the genitourinary tract: prostate cancer -- Genitourinary cancers: bladder cancer -- Cancers of the genitourinary tract: testis -- The lymphomas -- Cancers of the head and neck -- Cancers of the skin, including mycosis fungoides -- Breast cancer -- Cancers of the central nervous system -- Pediatric malignancies -- Cancers of the thorax/lung -- Soft tissue and bone sarcomas.
9781469889993 1469889994
2016004611
101675925 DNLM
Cancer--Radiotherapy.
Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted.
Radiation Oncology--methods.
QZ 269
Revised edition of Treatment planning in radiation oncology / editors, Faiz M. Khan, Bruce J. Gerbi. 3rd ed. c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section I: Physics and biology of treatment planning. Introduction: process, equipment, and personnel -- Imaging in radiotherapy -- Treatment simulation -- Treatment planning algorithms: photon dose calculations -- Treatment planning algorithms: brachytherapy -- Treatment planning algorithms: electron beams -- Treatment planning algorithms: proton therapy -- Commissioning and quality assurance -- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy: photons -- Intensity-modulated proton therapy -- Patient and organ movement -- Image-guided radiation therapy -- Linac radiosurgery: system requirements, procedures, and testing -- Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy -- Low dose-rate brachytherapy -- High dose-rate brachytherapy treatment planning -- Electron beam treatment planning -- Proton beam therapy -- Role of protons versus photons in modern radiotherapy: clinical perspective -- Fractionation: radiobiologic principles and clinical practice -- Radiobiology of stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy -- Tolerance of normal tissue to therapeutic radiation -- Treatment plan evaluation -- Section II: Treatment planning for specific cancers. Cancers of the gastrointestinal tract -- Gynecologic malignancies -- Cancer of the genitourinary tract: prostate cancer -- Genitourinary cancers: bladder cancer -- Cancers of the genitourinary tract: testis -- The lymphomas -- Cancers of the head and neck -- Cancers of the skin, including mycosis fungoides -- Breast cancer -- Cancers of the central nervous system -- Pediatric malignancies -- Cancers of the thorax/lung -- Soft tissue and bone sarcomas.
9781469889993 1469889994
2016004611
101675925 DNLM
Cancer--Radiotherapy.
Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted.
Radiation Oncology--methods.
QZ 269
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