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Image-Guided IMRT / edited by Thomas Bortfeld, Rupert Schmidt-Ullrich, Wilfried de Neve, David E. Wazer

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2006Description: Online-Ressource (XII, 460 p. 124 illus., 96 in color, digital)ISBN:
  • 9783540303565
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: 9783540205111 | Buchausg. u.d.T.: Image-guided IMRT. Berlin : Springer, 2006. XII, 460 S.DDC classification:
  • 615.842
  • 616.9940642 22
  • 616.99/40642 22
  • 610
RVK: RVK: YR 3000LOC classification:
  • RM845-862.5
  • RM849
NLM classification:
  • WN 250.5.R2
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/3-540-30356-1Online resources:
Contents:
Rationale of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: A Clinician's Point of View; The Potential and Limitations of IMRT: A Physicist's Point of View; Imaging for IMRT; Physical Optimization; Practical IMRT Planning; Dose Calculations for IMRT; IMRT Delivery Techniques; Biological Aspects of IMRT Planning and Delivery; Image Guided Patient Setup; QA-QC of IMRT: European Perspective; QA-QC of IMRT: American Perspective; Imaging Lymph Nodes Using CT and MRI, Imaging Cancer by PET; PET and SPECT in IMRT: Future Prospects; Magnetic Resonance Imaging for IMRT
Molecular/Functional Image-guided Intensity Modulated Radiation TherapyBiological Optimization; Advanced Imaging and Guidance System for Use in Intensity Modulated RT; External Beam Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) on a Conventional Medical Accelerator; Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) Strategies Using Helical Tomotherapy; 4D CT Simulation; 4D Treatment Planning; "4D" IMRT Delivery; IMRT for Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity (Sino-Nasal) Tumors; IMRT for Carcinomas of the Oropharynx and Oral Cavity; IMRT for Carcinomas of the Nasopharynx
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy in Cancer of the LarynxCentral Nervous System, Skull Base and Paraspinal Tumors; IMRT Lung; Breast IMRT; IMRT for Malignancies of the Upper Abdomen and Retroperitoneum; Prostate IMRT; Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy for Carcinomas of the Uterine Cervix and Endometrium; Integration of IMRT and Brachytherapy; High Precision and Unconventional Fractionation IMRT
Summary: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), one of the important developments in radiation oncology, involves technology to deliver radiation to tumors in the right location, quantity and time. This book contains topical reviews of the basic principles of IMRT, describes advanced techniques, and focuses on the investigation of IMRTPPN: PPN: 1646613325Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-SMI | ZDB-2-SME
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