Modern Practices in Radiation Therapy

00 preface_Modern Practices in Radiation Therapy......Page 1
Part 1_ External Beam RT and New Practices......Page 13
01_Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma:
Set-Up Error Correction Using
Internal Markers and It’s Asso......Page 15
02_STAT RAD: A Potential Real-Time
Radiation Therapy Workflow......Page 35
03_Segmentation Techniques of
Anatomical Structures with Application
in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning......Page 53
04_Involved-Field Radiation Therapy (IF-RT)
for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)......Page 71
Part 2_ Particle Therapy......Page 79
05_Scanned Ion Beam Therapy
of Moving Targets with Beam Tracking......Page 81
06_Neutron Influence in
Charged Particle Therapy......Page 97
07_The Stopping Power of
Matter for Positive Ions......Page 125
Part 3_ Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiation Treatments......Page 145
08_Prostate Seed Brachytherapy – Methods to
Improve Implant Characteristics......Page 147
09_Intra-Operative Radiotherapy
with Electron Beam......Page 157
10_Intraoperative Radiotherapy
for Early Breast Cancer......Page 181
Part 4_ Scope of Radiation Therapy for Specific Diseases......Page 191
11_Enhancing Therapeutic Radiation
Responses in Multiple Myeloma......Page 193
12_Radiation Therapy and Skin Cancer......Page 219
Part 5_ Radiation Induced Effects and Overcoming Strategies......Page 259
13_Critical Normal Tissue and Radiation Injury:
The Stomach......Page 261
14_The Cytoprotective Effect of Amifostine
Against Radiation Induced Toxicity......Page 269
15_Abscopal Effect of Radiation Therapy:
Current Concepts and Future Applications......Page 287
Part 6_ Emerging Dosimeters and New QA Practices......Page 301
16_Quality Assurance (QA) for Kilovoltage
Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)......Page 303
17_Polymer Gel Dosimetry for
Radiation Therapy......Page 321
18_Digital Filtering Techniques to Reduce
Image Noise and Improve Dose Resolution
in X-Ray CT Based Normoxic Gel Dosimetry......Page 339
Part 7_ Enhancing Patient Care in RT......Page 351
19_Information and Support for Patients
Throughout the Radiation Therapy
Treatment Pathway
......Page 353