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Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy

Publication Year:
2009
Edition:
1st
Author:
Timmerman, Robert D.; Xing, Lei
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
ISBN:
978-0-78-178282-1
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
97
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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.
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OvidSP
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Timmerman, Robert D.; Xing, Lei
ISBN:
978-0-78-178282-1
Specialty:
  • Internal Medicine
  • Oncology
  • Radiology
Language:
English
Edition:
1st
Pages:
384
Publication Year:
2009
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
97

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