The Physics of Radiation Therapy

✍ Scribed by Faiz M. Khan

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 827
• Edition: Fourth
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Dr. Khan's classic textbook on radiation oncology physics is now in its thoroughly revised and updated Fourth Edition. It provides the entire radiation therapy team—radiation oncologists, medical physicists, dosimetrists, and radiation therapists—with a thorough understanding of the physics and practical clinical applications of advanced radiation therapy technologies, including 3D-CRT, stereotactic radiotherapy, HDR, IMRT, IGRT, and proton beam therapy. These technologies are discussed along with the physical concepts underlying treatment planning, treatment delivery, and dosimetry. This Fourth Edition includes brand-new chapters on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and proton beam therapy. Other chapters have been revised to incorporate the most recent developments in the field. This edition also features more than 100 full-color illustrations throughout. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text and an image bank.

✦ Table of Contents

The Physics of Radiation Therapy
Cover
Editor
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Part I: Basic Physics
1. Structure of Matter
2. Nuclear Transformations
3. Production of X-rays
4. Clinical Radiation Generators
5. Interactions of Ionizing Radiation
6. Measurement of Ionizing Radiation
7. Quality of X-ray Beams
8. Measurement of Absorbed Dose
Part II: Classical Radiation Therapy
9. Dose Distribution and Scatter Analysis
10. A System of Dosimetric Calculations
11. Treatment Planning I- Isodose Distributions
12. Treatment Planning II- Patient Data, Corrections, and Setup
13. Treatment Planning III- Field Shaping, Skin Dose, and Field Separation
14. Electron Beam Therapy
15. Brachytherapy
16. Radiation Protection
17. Quality Assurance
18. Total Body Irradiation
Part III: Modern Radiation Therapy
19. Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy
20. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
21. Stereotactic Radiosurgery
22. High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy
23. Prostate Implants
24. Intravascular Brachytherapy
25. Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
26. Proton Beam Therapy
Appendix