Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering) - Softcover

Webb, S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750306998 ISBN 13: 9780750306997

Publisher: CRC Press, 2001

Synopsis

Clinical conformal radiotherapy is the holy grail of radiation treatment and is now becoming a reality through the combined efforts of physical scientists and engineers, who have improved the physical basis of radiotherapy, and the interest and concern of imaginative radiotherapists and radiographers. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy describes in detail the physics germane to the development of a particular form of clinical conformal radiotherapy called intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). IMRT has become a topic of tremendous importance in recent years and is now being seriously investigated for its potential to improve the outcome of radiation therapy. The book collates the state-of-the-art literature together with the author's personal research experience and that of colleagues in the field to produce a text suitable for new research workers, Ph.D. students, and practicing radiation physicists that require a thorough introduction to IMRT. Fully illustrated, indexed, and referenced, the book has been prepared in a form suitable for supporting a teaching course.

About this title

About the Author

Steve Webb, Professor of Radiological Physics, Head, Joint Department of Physics, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK

From the Back Cover

Combining state-of-the-art literature together with the author's personal research experience, this book describes in detail the physics germane to the development of a particular form of clinical conformal radiotherapy called intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). IMRT has become a topic of tremendous importance within the last several years and is now being seriously investigated for its potential to improve the outcome of radiation therapy. According to E-Streams, "It would be a very useful book for graduate students and researchers in many disciplines including medical physics, biomedical engineering, radiology, radiotherapy, and clinical research. ..."

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750306998
• ISBN 13: 9780750306997
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 454