Khan's The Physics of Radiation Therapy
- ISBN-10
- 1451182457
- ISBN-13
- 9781451182453
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 572
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Authors
- Faiz M. Khan, John P. Gibbons
Description
This text is intended to help radiation therapy teams develop an understanding of 3D conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), high dose-rate remote afterloaders (HDR), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), and proton beam therapy, as well as the physical concepts underlying treatment planning, treatment delivery, and dosimetry.
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- 2014-04-03
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