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118,55 €1. Particle Radiotherapy: An Introduction
2. Particle Therapy in the Third Millennium: Current Status and Future Outlook
3. Development of Cyclotrons for Proton and Particle Therapy
4. Development of C-Ion Radiotherapy Technologies in Japan
5. Physical Rationale for Proton Therapy and Elements to Build a Clinical Center
6. Radiation Dosimetry of Proton Beams
7. Clinical Pencil Beam Scanning: Present and Future Practices
8. Treatment Planning for Protons: An Essay
9. Radiation Therapy with Protons and Heavy Ions
10. Robustness Quantification and Worst-Case Robust Optimization in Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy
11. Modeling of Biological Effect of Charged Particles for C-Ion RT
12. SFUD, IMPT, and Plan Robustness
The results of decades of research and development are providing compelling evidence about the efficacy of radiation therapy with proton and carbon ion beams to achieve superior complication free tumor control leading to a world-wide rapid growth in their clinical use. This book contains comprehensive reviews of the state of the art of the technology and physics of heavy charge particle therapy by the experts from the leading cancer centers of world that will be valuable as a practical guide for radiation therapy professionals interested in these modalities.
Features
• Precise treatment of cancer with protons, heavy and light ions has attracted significant interest in the last decade
• Proton therapy is used all over the world and significant positive clinical data is now available through image integration proving its success in management of cancer
• Heavy ions and carbon have been successfully used for treating specific indications in select centers in Japan and Europe
Authors
• Arabinda Kumar Rath, Ph.D. Chairman and M.D. Hemalata Hospitals and Research Center Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
• Narayan Sahoo, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Radiation Physics University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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