IMRT, IGRT, SBRT : advances in the treatment planning and delivery of radiotherapy / volume editor, John L. Meyer ; contributing editors, B.D. Kavanagh, J.A. Purdy, R. Timmerman
- Published
- Basel ; New York : Karger, 2007.
- Physical Description
- x, 437 pages : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Meyer, John, 1949-
- Series
- Contents
- New technologies in the radiotherapy clinic / J. L. Meyer, L. Verhey, L. Pia and J. Wong -- From new frontiers to new standards of practice : advances in radiotherapy planning and delivery / J. A. Purely -- Obstacles and advances in intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment planning / J. O. Deasy, J. R. Alaly and K. Zakaryan -- Four-dimensional imaging and treatment planning of moving targets / G. T. Y. Chen, J. H. Kung and E. Rietzel -- Image guidance : treatment target localization systems / M. B. Sharpe, T. Craig and D. J. Moseley -- Image registration in intensity-modulated, image-guided and stereotactic body radiation therapy / K. K. Brock -- Kilovoltage volumetric imaging in the treatment room / D. A. Jaffray -- Megavoltage imaging, mega voltage cone beam CT and dose-guided radiation therapy / J. Pouliot -- The cyberknife : practical experience with treatment planning and delivery / V. Smith and C. F. Chuang -- Helical tomotherapy : image guidance and adaptive dose guidance / W. A. Tome, H. A. Jaradat, I. A. Nelson, M. A. Ritter and M. P. Mehta -- Introducing new technologies into the clinic. Benchmark dose-volume histograms for prostate cancer as a paradigm / S. Vijayakumar, S. Narayan, C. Chunli Yang, P. Boerner, R. Jacob, M. Mathai, R. Harse and J. A. Purdy -- Delineating neck targets for intensity-modulated radiotherapy of head and neck cancer. What have we learned from marginal recurrences? / M. B. David and A. Eisbruch -- Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal carcinomas : target delineation, therapy delivery and stereotactic boost procedures with intensity-modulated/image-guided radiation therapy / Q.-T. Le -- A discussion of the clinical use of advanced technologies in head and neck radiotherapy / J. L. Meyer, A. Eisbruch and Q.-T. Le -- Lung cancer : intensity-modulated radiation therapy, four-dimensional imaging and mobility management / F. J. Lagerwaard and S. Senan -- Partial breast irradiation. Patient selection, guidelines for treatment, and current results / P. Y. Chen and F. A. Vicin -- Upper abdominal malignancies : intensity-modulated radiation therapy / M. Taremi, J. Ringash and L. A. Dawson -- Prostate cancer : image guidance and adaptive therapy / P. Kupelian and J. L. Meyer -- New technologies for the radiotherapy of prostate cancer. A discussion of treatment programs / J. L. Meyer, S. Leibel, M. Roach and S. Vijayakumar -- The promise of stereotactic body radiation therapy in a new era of oncology / B. D. Kavanagh, K. Kelly and M. Kane -- Optimizing dose and fractionation for stereotactic body radiation therapy. Normal tissue and tumor control effects with large dose per fraction / R. Timmerman, M. Bastasch, D. Saha, R. Abdulrahman, W. Hittson and M. Story -- Lung cancer : a model for implementing stereotactic body radiation therapy into practice / R. Timmerman, R. Abdulrahman, B. D. Kavanagh and J. L. Meyer -- Stereotactic body radiotherapy for unresectable pancreatic cancer / S. T. Chang, K. A. Goodman, G. P. Yang and A. C. Koong -- Prostate cancer therapy with stereotactic body radiation therapy / T. Pawlicki, C. Cotrutz and C. King -- Spinal and paraspinal lesions : the role of stereotactic body radiotherapy / I. C. Gibbs -- Liver, renal, and retroperitoneal tumors : stereotactic radiotherapy / B. D. Kavanagh, T. E. Schefter and P. J. Wersall.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9783805581998 (hardcover : alk. paper)
3805581998 (hardcover : alk. paper) - Note
- TEXTBOOK--PROF.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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