Adaptive Motion Compensation in Radiotherapy

Title Page
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Contents......Page 6
Series Preface......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
About the Editor......Page 12
List of Contributors......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
1. Real-Time Tumor Localization......Page 20
2. Theoretical Aspects of Target Detection and Tracking......Page 32
3. Respiratory Gating......Page 40
4. The CyberKnife® Image-Guided Radiosurgery System......Page 48
5. Fundamentals of Tracking with a Linac Multileaf Collimator......Page 52
6. Couch-Based Target Alignment......Page 58
7. Robotic LINAC Tracking Based on Correlation and Prediction......Page 66
8. Treatment Planning for Motion Adaptation in Radiation Therapy......Page 84
9. Treatment Planning for Motion Management via DMLC Tracking......Page 96
10. Real-Time Motion Adaptation in Tomotherapy® Using a Binary MLC......Page 112
11. Combination of a LINAC with 1.5 T MRI for Real-Time Image Guided Radiotherapy......Page 126
12. The ViewRay™ System......Page 134
13. Fault Detection in Image-Based Tracking......Page 148
Back Cover
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