[Download] "Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy" by Robert Timmerman & Lei Xing # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy
- Author : Robert Timmerman & Lei Xing
- Release Date : January 19, 2013
- Genre: Medical,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 30152 KB
Description
This book provides detailed, state-of-the-art information and guidelines on the latest developments, innovations, and clinical procedures in image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy. The first section discusses key methodological and technological issues in image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy, including use of implanted fiducial markers, management of respiratory motion, image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy, three-dimensional conformal brachytherapy, target definition and localization, and PET/CT and biologically conformal radiation therapy. The second section provides practical clinical information on image-guided adaptive radiation therapy for cancers at all common anatomic sites and for pediatric cancers. The third section offers practical guidelines for establishing an effective image-guided adaptive radiation therapy program.