Modern Applications of 3/4D Ultrasound Imaging in Radiotherapy (IPEM-IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology) (IOP ebooks) - Hardcover

Emma Harris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 075032550X ISBN 13: 9780750325509

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the role of 3D/4D ultrasound imaging in radiotherapy. It identifies barriers to the clinical implementation of ultrasound-guided radiotherapy, and provides a critical discussion of potential solutions as well as highlighting exciting new opportunities for research in this field.

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About the Authors

Emma Harris is a Reader of imaging and radiation physics at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, UK. Her research focuses on the application of radiation physics, ultrasound physics engineering and image processing to improve radiotherapy. She has spent more than a decade leading experimental studies of image guided radiotherapy and has devised and conducted a number of clinical studies investigating the use of ultrasound for image guidance of radiotherapy of cervical cancer, prostate cancer and paediatric cancers.

Davide Fontanarosa is a physicist with a solid background in ultrasound imaging and medical physics. He worked in one of the top institutions for radiation therapy (MAASTRO Clinic, in the Netherlands) and in one of the largest industrial research laboratories in the world, Philips Research, as a Senior Scientist. Then he moved to Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia) where he is currently working as an Associate Professor and doing research in several fields related to ultrasound, imaging techniques and radiation therapy.

Frank Verhaegen is a Professor at the University of Maastricht (the Netherlands) and head of the physics research division of Maastro Clinic, a radiotherapy facility with photon, electron and proton beams. Before that, he was an Associate Professor at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). He is specialized in image guidance and dose calculations for radiotherapy. Both at Maastricht and Montreal he performed several research projects with medical companies developing novel 3/4D ultrasound imaging devices for radiotherapy. He is the co-author of several studies and review papers in this field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075032550X
• ISBN 13: 9780750325509
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250
• Editor: Emma Harris, Davide Fontanarosa, Frank Verhaegen