The physics of radiation therapy
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ,
c2003
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| Edition: | 3th ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Structure of Matter
- 2. Nuclear Transformations
- 3. Production of X-rays
- 4. Clinical Radiation Generators
- 5. Interactions of Ionizing Radiation
- 6. Measurement of Ionizing Radiation
- 7. Quality of X-ray Beams
- 8. Measurement of Absorbed Dose
- 9. Dose Distribution and Scatter Analysis
- 10. A System of Dosimetric Calculations
- 11. Treatment Planning I: Isodose Distributions
- 12. Treatment Planning II: Patient Data, Corrections, and Set-up
- 13. Treatment Planning III: Field Shaping, Skin Dose, and Field Separation
- 14. Electron Beam Therapy
- 15. Brachytherapy
- 16. Radiation Protection
- 17. Quality Assurance
- 18. Total Body Irradiation
- 19. Three-dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy
- 20. Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy
- 21. Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- 22. High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
- 23. Prostate Implants
- 24. Intravascular Brachytherapy