Main description:

The evidence is growing that the improvements in imaging, along with increasingly conformal radiation treatments, are providing significant benefits for patient outcome, both in terms of tumor control and reduced normal tissue complications. The challenge is for medical physicists and radiation oncologists to stay ""in tune"" with these rapidly changing advances that provide a better quality of life for patients. The goal of this bookis to provide state-of-the-art, updated information on making these technologies available in the clinic.

The Modern Technology of Radiation Oncology series has become a reference around the world for practicing medical physicists and especially for the medical physicists who are sitting their certification exams.

Contents:

Contents to Volume 1
Contents to Volume 2
Preface
Preface to Volume 1
Preface to Volume 2
Acknowledgments
Contributors
1 Technology Evolution in the Twenty-first Century 1
Jacob Van Dyk and Jerry J. Battista
2 Molecular Imaging in Radiation Oncology 25
Robert Jeraj, Stephen Bowen, Ngoneh Jallow, Matt Nyflot, and Matt Vanderhoek
3 Dose-Volume Considerations: an Update for Use in Treatment Planning 59
Ellen D. Yorke, James G. Mechalakos, and Kenneth E. Rosenzweig
4 Advances in Radiation Therapy Techniques on Linear Accerators 91
Siyong Kim and Jatinder R. Palta
5 Stereotactic and Robotic Radiation Therapies 147
Sonja Dieterich and Benjamin Fahimian
6 Radiation Therapy with Light Ions 183
Stanislav M. Vatnitsky and Michael F. Moyers
7 Image-guided Brachytherapy 223
George Hajdok and Kathleen J. M. Surry
8 Small Field Dosimetry 245
Tomas Kron, Michael Taylor, and David Thwaites
9 In Vivo Dosimetry 301
Ben Mijnheer
10 Quality Assurance in the Modern Era 337
Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Stephen Breen, and Daniel Letourneau
11 Accuracy and Uncertainty Considerations in Modern Radiation Oncology 361
Jacob Van Dyk, Jerry J. Battista, and Glenn S. Bauman
12 Safety, Errors, and Lessons Learned 417
Ola Holmberg and Debbie Bray Gilley
13 Management, Staffing, and Resource Considerations 453
Michael D. Mills
14 Ethics in Radiation Oncology for Physicians and Physicists 469
Christopher F. Serago, Laura A. Vallow, and Lainie Friedman Ross
15 Medical Physics for Clinical Trials 487
Annette Haworth and Geoffrey Ibbott
16 Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Resources for Working,Teaching, and Learning 511
Jacob Van Dyk
Acronyms 555
Index 557