Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy

2015-04-16 Medical

Author : Yasumasa Nishimura
Release : 2015-04-16
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy written by Yasumasa Nishimura. This book was released on 2015-04-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successful clinical use of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) represents a significant advance in radiation oncology. Because IMRT can deliver high-dose radiation to a target with a reduced dose to the surrounding organs, it can improve the local control rate and reduce toxicities associated with radiation therapy. Since IMRT began being used in the mid-1990s, a large volume of clinical evidence of the advantages of IMRT has been collected. However, treatment planning and quality assurance (QA) of IMRT are complicated and difficult for the clinician and the medical physicist. This book, by authors renowned for their expertise in their fields, provides cumulative clinical evidence and appropriate techniques for IMRT for the clinician and the physicist. Part I deals with the foundations and techniques, history, principles, QA, treatment planning, radiobiology and related aspects of IMRT. Part II covers clinical applications with several case studies, describing contouring and dose distribution with clinical results along with descriptions of indications and a review of clinical evidence for each tumor site. The information presented in this book serves as a valuable resource for the practicing clinician and physicist.

Image-Guided IMRT

2006-05-28 Medical

Author : Thomas Bortfeld
Release : 2006-05-28
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book Image-Guided IMRT written by Thomas Bortfeld. This book was released on 2006-05-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), one of the most important developments in radiation oncology in the past 25 years, involves technology to deliver radiation to tumors in the right location, quantity and time. Unavoidable irradiation of surrounding normal tissues is distributed so as to preserve their function. The achievements and future directions in the field are grouped in the three sections of the book, each suitable for supporting a teaching course. Part 1 contains topical reviews of the basic principles of IMRT, part 2 describes advanced techniques such as image-guided and biologically based approaches, and part 3 focuses on investigation of IMRT to improve outcome at various cancer sites.

Practical Essentials of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

2013-10-18 Medical

Author : K.S. Clifford Chao
Release : 2013-10-18
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book Practical Essentials of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy written by K.S. Clifford Chao. This book was released on 2013-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy was written to enhance the reader’s understanding of the cutting-edge technology of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. It is designed to both update old readers and inform new readers about the complexities and details of clinical management. This completely updated edition provides a step-by-step, practical approach to the use of IMRT in the evaluation and treatment of cancer patients. Because of IMRT’s ability to employ individually controlled beamlets, it is an extremely promising technique, especially when paired with CT, PET, and/or MRI. With these improved procedures, doctors and clinicians will be able to take high resolution images of tumors while minimizing dosages to surrounding tissue. In order to focus on the most up to date IMRT techniques, the introductory chapters have been condensed to provide a brief overview of IMRT physics, mechanics and quality assurance, and also CT and MR imaging. To help assist in clinical decision-making it provides the reader with more than 700 full-color illustrations, IMRT tables and clear, straightforward descriptions that address a range of tumor types and sites including head and neck, urinary, and gynecologic cancers.

A Practical Guide to Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy

2003 Medical

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Release : 2003
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book A Practical Guide to Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy written by . This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an account of the perspective, methodology, and experience in the physical and medical aspects of IMRT at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC).

Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy

2015-05-06 Medical

Author : S. Webb
Release : 2015-05-06
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 111/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy written by S. Webb. This book was released on 2015-05-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical conformal radiotherapy is the holy grail of radiation treatment and is now becoming a reality through the combined efforts of physical scientists and engineers, who have improved the physical basis of radiotherapy, and the interest and concern of imaginative radiotherapists and radiographers. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy de

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