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The physics of radiation therapy
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The physics of radiation therapy

Author: Faiz M Khan
Publisher: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2003.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 3rd edView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Faiz M Khan
ISBN: 0781730651 9780781730655
OCLC Number: 50948475
Description: 1 v. (various pagings), [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents: Ch. 1. Structure of matter -- Ch. 2. Nuclear transformations -- Ch. 3. Production of X-rays -- Ch. 4. Clinical radiation generators -- Ch. 5. Interactions of ionizing radiation -- Ch. 6. Measurement of ionizing radiation -- Ch. 7. Quality of X-ray beams -- Ch. 8. Measurement of absorbed dose -- Ch. 9. Dose distribution and scatter analysis -- Ch. 10. A system of dosimetric calculations -- Ch. 11. Treatment planning I: isodose distributions -- Ch. 12. Treatment planning II: patient data, corrections, and set-up -- Ch. 13. Treatment planning III: field shaping, skin dose, and field separation --Ch. 14. Electron beam therapy -- Ch. 15. Brachytherapy -- Ch. 16. Radiation protection -- Ch. 17. Quality assurance -- Ch. 18. Total body irradiation -- Ch. 19. Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy -- Ch. 20. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy -- Ch. 21. Stereotactic radiosurgery -- Ch. 22. High dose rate brachytherpay -- Ch. 23. Prostate implants -- Ch. 24. Intravascular brachytherapy.
Responsibility: Faiz M. Kahn.
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