Main description:

Advances in Medical Physics (AMP) is designed to help medical physicists and technically-inclined physicians stay current in medical radiation science and technology, especially in sub-fields of medical physics other than their own. AMP 2014 contains an expanded focus on radiation oncology topics, including the new GammaPod 60Co device for breast radiosurgery, the allure of targeted dose enhancement via gold nanoparticles, strategies and devices for respiratory motion management, proton therapy fundamentals, and novel high resolution 3D dosimeters for the verification of complex treatment plans. Additional chapters highlight the role of the ICRP and IAEA in medicine; a review of currently available passive dosimeters; novel x-ray photonics and phase contrast imaging technologies; state-of-the-art PET and cardiac SPECT implementations; the fundamentals of parallel MRI, and advanced MRI sequences; and the first part of a suggested road map for teaching MRI to medical physics and engineering students. This is our first book printed in full color!

Contents:

Preface
Contributors
Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer: GammaPodTM - Elizabeth Nichols, Yildirim D. Mutaf, Steven Feigenberg, and Cedric Yu
Gold Nanoparticles in Radiation Therapy - Ross Berbeco
Intra-fraction Motion in Radiation Oncology - David H. Thomas and Daniel A. Low
Heavy Ion Therapy - Bijan Arjomandy
Methods and Techniques for Comprehensive 3D Dosimetry - Mark Oldham
Passive Dosimeters for Personnel and Patient Dosimetry - Steven J. Goetsch
The Role and Impact of the ICRP in Medicine - Claire Cousins
The Role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Global Medical Physics Activities - Jacob Van Dyk and Ahmed Meghzifene
Novel X-ray Photonics for Medical X-ray Imaging - Susanne M. Lee, Sudeep Mandal, Brian Scherer, and Peter Edic
In-line Phase-sensitive X-ray Imaging - Da Zhang, Fanbo Meng, John Rong, Xizeng Wu, and Hong Liu
Parallel Imaging: Moving Beyond the Use of Gradients for Spatial Encoding - Nathan E. Yanasak and Anthony B. Wolbarst
MRI Sequences Above and Beyond Spin-echo - Ronald R. Price and Anthony B. Wolbarst
Advances in PET Imaging - Osama Mawlawi and Thomas Beyer
Advances in Cardiac SPECT - Mark Madsen
MRI of the One-dimensional Patient, Part I: A Gentle Approach to Teaching a Challenging Subject to Scientists and Engineers - Anthony B. Wolbarst, Kevin F. King, Ron Price, Charles Smith, and Nathan Yanasak