Comprehensive Brachytherapy: Physical and Clinical Aspects

✍ Scribed by Jack Venselaar (Editor); Ali S. Meigooni (Editor); Dimos Baltas (Editor); Peter J. Hoskin (Editor)

Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2012
Leaves: 523
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Modern brachytherapy is one of the most important oncological treatment modalities requiring an integrated approach that utilizes new technologies, advanced clinical imaging facilities, and a thorough understanding of the radiobiological effects on different tissues, the principles of physics, dosimetry techniques and protocols, and clinical expert

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction. Brachytherapy Dosimetry Methods. Brachytherapy Treatment Planning and Imaging. Uncertainties in Clinical Brachytherapy. Clinical Brachytherapy. Developments in Clinical Brachytherapy. Radiation Protection and Quality Management in Brachytherapy.

✦ Subjects

Engineering & Technology;Biomedical Engineering;Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health;Medicine;Oncology;Physical Sciences;Physics;Medical Physics

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