Image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy

Image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy [edited by] Robert Timmerman, Lei Xing - 1 recurso en línea (xvi, 367 páginas) ilustraciones

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RADIATION THERAPY; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Contents; PART 1 Methodology and Technology for Imageguided Adaptive Radiation Therapy; Introduction to Image-guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy; Image-guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy and Practical Perspectives; Errors, Margins, Localization, and Correction; Use of Implanted Fiducial Markers in Image-guided Radiation Therapy; Management of Respiratory Motion in Radiation Therapy; Image-guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy; Three-dimensional Conformal Brachytherapy: Current Trends and Future Promise Target Definition and LocalizationPositron Emission Tomography/ Computed Tomography and Biologically Conformal Radiation Therapy; PART 2 Image-guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy in Clinical Practice; Head and Neck Cancers; Lung Cancers; Breast Cancers; Liver Malignancies; Nonhepatic Gastrointestinal Malignancies; Genitourinary Cancers; Gynecologic Malignancies; Central Nervous System Tumors; Pediatric Cancers; PART 3 Establishing an Image-guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy Program; Platforms for Image-guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance of Image-guided Adaptive Radiation TherapyInformation Systems and Data Management; Image-guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy Billing and Reimbursement; Index

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

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RC271.R3 / 2010 EB