A Practical Guide to Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy  Price Reduced!

Author:  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
ISBN:  9781930524132      ISBN10:  1930524137
Published:  2003 | 450 pp. | Softcover

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Table of Contents


Contents

Preface
List of Authors
Foreword



Imaging for IMRT
C. Clifton Ling, Steven Leibel, Zvi Fuks, John Humm, Jason Koutcher, and Hedvig Hricak

Overview of the IMRT Process
Harold I. Amols, C. Clifton Ling, and Steven A. Leibel

IMRT Plan Optimization
Spiridon Spirou and Chen-Shou Chui

Delivery of Intensity-Modulated Beam Profiles with a Multileaf Collimator
Spiridon Spirou and Chen-Shou Chui

Computational Algorithms for Independent Verification of IMRT
Chen-Shou Chui, Thomas LoSasso, and Asa Palm

Treatment Planning Considerations in IMRT
Margie A. Hunt and Chandra M. Burman

Acceptance Testing and Commissioning of IMRT
Thomas J. LoSasso

Quality Assurance of IMRT
Thomas J. LoSasso

Treatment Planning, Dose Delivery, and Outcome of IMRT for Localized Prostate Cancer
Steven A. Leibel, Michael J. Zelefsky, and Chandra M. Burman

Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer
Lanceford M. Chong and Margie A. Hunt

IMRT of Pediatric Cancers
Kamil Yenice and Suzanne Wolden

IMRT of Cancer of the Breast
Linda X. Hong, Beryl McCormick, Chen-Shou Chui, and Margie A. Hunt

IMRT for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Howard I. Amols and Kenneth Rosenzweig

IMRT of Disease Sites Requiring Large Radiation Fields
Linda Hong, Kaled Alektiar, Chen Chui, Thomas J. LoSasso, Margie A. Hunt, Spiridon Spirou, Jie Yang, Howard Amols, Clifton Ling, Zvi Fuks, and Steven Leibel

NTCP and TCP for Treatment Planning
Andrew Jackson and Ellen Yorke

Geometric Uncertainties and Verification of IMRT
Gig S. Mageras and Jenghwa Chang

Advanced Treatment Techniques I
Ellen Yorke and D. Michael Lovelock

Advanced Treatment Techniques II
Kamil Yenice

Radiation Protection Aspects of IMRT
James Mechalakos and Jean St. Germain



List of Terms and Acronyms
Index