Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy

This book provides detailed, state-of-the-art information and guidelines on the latest developments, innovations, and clinical procedures in image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy.

The first section of this volume discusses key methodological and technological issues in image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy, including use of implanted fiducial markers, management of respiratory motion, image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy, three-dimensional conformal brachytherapy, target definition and localization, and PET/CT and biologically conformal radiation therapy.

The second section provides practical clinical information on image-guided adaptive radiation therapy for cancers at all common anatomic sites and for pediatric cancers, and the third section offers practical guidelines for establishing an effective image-guided adaptive radiation therapy program.

• LWW Doody’s Core Title Collection 2012( Prod-11178)
• LWW Medical Book Collection 2010( Prod-5544)
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Radiology Book Collection( Prod-5403)
• LWW Oncology Book Collection( Prod-5394)
• LWW Doody's Core Title Collection 2011( Prod-10037)

• Author/Editor: Timmerman, Robert D.; Xing, Lei
• ISBN/ISSN: 9780781782821
• Specialty: Radiology
• Language:English
• Edition: 1st
• Pages: 400
• Illustrations: 273
• Year: 2009