Overview
- 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)
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Respiration Motion and Tumor Tracking Techniques
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Thoraco-Abdominal Dosimetry, Radiobiology, and Imaging
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Thoraco-Abdominal Fiducial Placement Strategies
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Lung Tumor Treatment — Techniques and Experiment
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Research, Education and Clinical Excellence, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, USA
Harold C. Urschel
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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
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The Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PUH, C-800, Pittsburgh, USA
James D. Luketich
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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