Overview
- Summarizes the state of the art in the most relevant areas of medical physics and engineering applied to radiation oncology
- Covers all relevant areas of the subject in detail, including 3D imaging and image processing, 3D treatment planning, modern treatment techniques, patient positioning, and aspects of verification and quality assurance
- Conveys information in a readily understandable way that will appeal to professionals and students with a medical background as well as to newcomers to radiation oncology from the field of physics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)
Part of the book sub series: Radiation Oncology (Med Radiol Radiat Oncol)
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Front Matter
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3D Imaging for Radiotherapy
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3D Treatment Planning for Conformal Radiotherapy
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About this book
This book provides an overview of recent advances in radiation oncology, many of which have originated from physics and engineering sciences. The new technologies in this field have a complex physical, mathematical and technical background that technical assistants, dosimetrists, and physicians frequently find difficult to comprehend. However, this book is specifically designed to be readily understandable by professionals and students with a medical background as well as by newcomers to radiation oncology from the field of physics. All relevant areas of the subject are covered in detail, including 3D imaging and image processing, 3D treatment planning, modern treatment techniques, patient positioning, and aspects of verification and quality assurance.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This is a very good book. It is extremely comprehensive and, I suspect, aimed at a variety of audiences. There is certainly information in this book for the clinical oncologist, radiation planning physicist, diagnostic radiologist and both therapy and diagnostic radiographers. The greatest target audience of the book is probably radiation planning physicists. … This book is a mine of information … . It should find its way to departmental libraries … ." (Dr. R. P. Symonds, RAD Magazine, October, 2006)
"New Technologies in Radiation Oncology provides an excellent overview of recent advances in the field, such as 3D treatment planning for conformal radiotherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, proton therapy and image-guided, time-adapted radiotherapy systems. … the clarity of the explanations together with the many excellent photos and illustrations make the book accessible not only to radiation oncologists and medical physicists but also to any physician interested in the subject." (Cancer World, September-October 2006)
"This book presents a brief synopsis of recent developments in radiation oncology technologies. The stated purpose is to provide an overview of recent advances in radiation oncology. … The book is written primarily for radiation oncologists and physicists, particularly those who are clinically oriented. The authors are credible experts in the specialty of radiation oncology. … This is a concise, well written summary of recent advances in the use of imaging for treatment planning and new dose delivery technologies … ." (James G. Douglas, MD, MS, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2008)
"New technologies in Radiation Oncology provides an excellent overview of recent technologic developments in the field of radiation oncology. This book is intended for physicians and medical physicists who are working in radiation oncology and those just entering the field. ... each chapter includes awealth of references for learning about a particular subject in detail." (Tinsu Pan and Dershan Luo, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 49 (4), April, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel studied Physics at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Heidelberg. He is the head of the Medical Physics department at the German Cancer Research Center (dkfz) in Heidelberg and Professor for Medical Physics at the University of Heidelberg.
Prof. Thomas Bortfeld studied Physics at the Universities of Hannover and Heidelberg. He received his training in Medical Physics at the DKFZ in Heidelberg. He is now the Director of Physics Research in Radiation Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Anca-Ligia Grosu studied medicine in Cluj (Romania) and received her MD in Radiation Oncology at the Technical University of Munich. She is the Head of the Brain Stereotactical Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Group of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Technical University and the Vice-President of the Neuro-Oncology-Group at the Tumour Center in Munich.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Technologies in Radiation Oncology
Editors: Wolfgang Schlegel, Thomas Bortfeld, Anca-Ligia Grosu
Series Title: Medical Radiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29999-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-00321-2Published: 05 October 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51769-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-29999-8Published: 27 January 2006
Series ISSN: 0942-5373
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 460
Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Radiotherapy, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Oncology