Handbook of Radiotherapy Physics: Theory and PracticeP Mayles, A Nahum, J.C Rosenwald CRC Press, 12.06.2007 - 1470 Seiten From background physics and biological models to the latest imaging and treatment modalities, the Handbook of Radiotherapy Physics: Theory and Practice covers all theoretical and practical aspects of radiotherapy physics. In this comprehensive reference, each part focuses on a major area of radiotherapy, beginning with an introduction by the |
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CHAPTER 2 Radiactivity | 19 |
CHAPTER 3 Interactions of Charged Particles with Matter | 35 |
CHAPTER 4 Interactions of Photons with Matter | 57 |
CHAPTER 5 The Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation Transport | 75 |
CHAPTER 6 Principles and Basic Concepts in Radiation Dosimetry | 89 |
Radiobiology | 123 |
CHAPTER 7 Radiobiology of Tumours | 127 |
CHAPTER 8 Radiobiology of Normal Tissues | 149 |
CHAPTER 35 Dose Evaluation of Treatment Plans | 719 |
CHAPTER 36 Biological Evaluation of Treatment Plans | 731 |
Quality Assurance | 789 |
CHAPTER 37 Rationale and Management of the Quality System | 793 |
CHAPTER 38 Quality Control of Megavoltage Equipment | 809 |
CHAPTER 39 Quality Assurance of the Treatment Planning Process | 841 |
CHAPTER 40 Quality Control of Treatment Delivery | 867 |
CHAPTER 41 Recording and VerificationNetworking | 897 |
CHAPTER 9 Dose Fractionation in Radiotherapy | 163 |
Equipment | 183 |
CHAPTER 10 Kilovoltage XRay Units | 187 |
CHAPTER 11 Linear Accelerators | 197 |
CHAPTER 12 Cobalt Machines | 241 |
CHAPTER 13 Simulators | 251 |
CHAPTER 14 Portal Imaging Devices | 261 |
Dose Measurement | 275 |
CHAPTER 15 Ionisation Chambers | 279 |
CHAPTER 16 Radiothermoluminescent Dosimeters and Diodes | 303 |
CHAPTER 17 Radiation Sensitive Films and Gels | 321 |
CHAPTER 18 Absolute Dose Determination under Reference Conditions | 333 |
CHAPTER 19 Relative Dose Measurements and Commissioning | 367 |
Supplementary Details on Codes of Practice for Absolute Dose Determination | 385 |
Clinical Beams | 429 |
CHAPTER 20 From Measurements to Calculations | 433 |
CHAPTER 21 Kilovoltage XRays | 439 |
CHAPTER 22 Megavoltage Photon Beams | 451 |
CHAPTER 23 Manual Dose Calculations on Photon Beams | 483 |
CHAPTER 24 Electron Beams | 519 |
Patient Dose Computation Methods | 545 |
CHAPTER 25 Principles of Patient Dose Computation | 549 |
CHAPTER 26 Patient Dose Computation for Photon Beams | 559 |
CHAPTER 27 Patient Dose Computation for Electron Beams | 587 |
CHAPTER 28 MonteCarlo Based Patient Dose Computation | 603 |
Treatment Planning | 633 |
CHAPTER 29 Target Definition | 637 |
CHAPTER 30 Patient Data Acquisition | 647 |
CHAPTER 31 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Treatment Planning | 657 |
CHAPTER 32 Beam DefinitionVirtual Simulation | 669 |
CHAPTER 33 PhotonBeam Treatment Planning Techniques | 681 |
CHAPTER 34 ElectronBeam Treatment Planning Techniques | 701 |
CHAPTER 42 Data Communication with DICOM | 909 |
Special Techniques | 937 |
CHAPTER 43 Conformal and IntensityModulated Radiotherapy | 943 |
Practical Aspects | 975 |
CHAPTER 45 Stereotactic Techniques | 987 |
CHAPTER 46 Proton Beams in Radiotherapy | 1005 |
CHAPTER 47 Total Body Irradiation | 1033 |
CHAPTER 48 Total Skin Electron Irradiation | 1043 |
CHAPTER 49 HighLET Modalities | 1053 |
Brachytherapy | 1089 |
CHAPTER 50 Clinical Introduction to Brachytherapy | 1093 |
CHAPTER 51 Calibration and Quality Assurance of Brachytherapy Sources | 1101 |
CHAPTER 52 Afterloading Equipment for Brachytherapy | 1117 |
CHAPTER 53 Dose Calcutation for Brachytherapy Sources | 1131 |
CHAPTER 54 Brachytherapy Treatment Planning | 1141 |
CHAPTER 55 Radiobiology of Brachytherapy | 1181 |
Therapy with Unsealed Sources | 1201 |
CHAPTER 56 Dosimetry of Unsealed Sources | 1205 |
CHAPTER 57 Radionuclide Selection for Unsealed Source Therapy | 1211 |
CHAPTER 58 Radiopharmaceutical Targeting for Unsealed Source Therapy | 1219 |
Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy | 1229 |
CHAPTER 59 Theoretical Background to Radiation Protection | 1233 |
CHAPTER 60 Radiation Protection Regulation | 1245 |
CHAPTER 61 Practical Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy | 1257 |
Reference Data | 1303 |
TABLES M1 PHYSICAL CONSTANTS AND USEFUL DATA | 1305 |
TABLES M2 ELECTRON STOPPING POWERS RANGES AND RADIATION YIELDS | 1308 |
TABLE M3 PHOTON INTERACTION COEFFICIENTS | 1335 |
TABLE M4 RADIOACTIVE NUCLIDES USED IN RADIOTHERPAY | 1388 |
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Back cover | 1453 |
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