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Robotic Radiosurgery. Treating Tumors that Move with Respiration

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  • Addresses in detail all aspects of the use of robotic radiosurgery to treat tumors of the lung, liver, and pancreas
  • Includes full consideration of tumor tracking techniques, dosimetry, radiobiology, and fiducial placement strategies
  • Written by leading experts
  • Includes many high-quality illustrations
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Respiration Motion and Tumor Tracking Techniques

  2. Thoraco-Abdominal Dosimetry, Radiobiology, and Imaging

  3. Thoraco-Abdominal Fiducial Placement Strategies

  4. Lung Tumor Treatment — Techniques and Experiment

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Harold C. Urschel, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief) John J. Kresl · James D. Luketich Lech Papiez ·Robert D. Timmerman (Co-Editors) Raymond A. Schulz (Contributing Editor) Treating Tumors that Move with Respiration With Contributions by Numerous Experts Foreword by E. Thomson With 116 Figures in 168 Separate Illustrations, 120 in Color and 31 Tables 123 IV Foreword Editor-in-Chief: James D. Luketich, MD Sampson Family Endowed Professor of Surgery Harold C. Urschel Jr. , MD Chief, The Heart, Lung and Chair of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgical Esophageal Surgery Institute Research, Education and Clinical Excellence University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PUH, C-800 Baylor University Medical Center 200 Lothrop Street 1201 Barnett Tower Pittsburgh, PA 15213 3600 Gaston Avenue USA Dallas, TX 75246 USA Lech Papiez, PhD Associate Professor Department of Radiation Oncology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5801 Forest Park Road Dallas, TX 75390 Co-Editors: USA John J. Kresl, MD, PhD Arizona Oncology Services at Robert D. Timmerman, MD St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center Professor and Vice-Chairman Department of Radiation Oncology Ef? e Marie Cain Distinguished Chair in CyberKnife Center Cancer Therapy Research Barrow Neurological Institute Department of Radiation Oncology Gamma Knife Center University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 350 West Thomas Road 5801 Forest Park Road Phoenix, Arizona 85013 Dallas, TX 75390 USA USA Library of Congress Control Number: 2007920177 ISBN 978-3-540-69885-2 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research, Education and Clinical Excellence, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, USA

    Harold C. Urschel

  • Arizona Oncology Services at St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology CyberKnife Center Barrow Neurological Institute, Gamma Knife Center, Phoenix, USA

    John J. Kresl

  • The Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PUH, C-800, Pittsburgh, USA

    James D. Luketich

  • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA

    Lech Papiez, Robert D. Timmerman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Robotic Radiosurgery. Treating Tumors that Move with Respiration

  • Editors: Harold C. Urschel, John J. Kresl, James D. Luketich, Lech Papiez, Robert D. Timmerman, Raymond A. Schulz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69886-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-69885-2Published: 22 June 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50105-4Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-69886-9Published: 10 August 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 317

  • Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Surgical Oncology, Surgery, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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