An overview of the use of three-dimensional techniques in radiation therapy, this study explores the use of multi-modality computed tomography, treatment-planning software, advanced collimation techniques, proton radiotherapy, megavoltage imaging and stereotactic radiosurgery.
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The aim of radiation therapy is to tailor a tumourcidal dose envelope to a target volume and to deliver as low a radiation dose as possible to all other normal tissues. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inverse computed tomography, megavoltage portal imaging, synchronous protection, gamma multiplication, convolution dosimetry, uncomplicated tumour control, megavoltage imaging, thin inhomogeneities, tumour control probability, rotation therapy, planning conformal radiotherapy, universal wedge, portal imager, multileaf collimator, dose kernel, conformation radiotherapy, radiotherapy simulator, primary fluence, portal dose, proton facility, conformation therapy, simple bolus, normal tissue complication probability, proton therapy, portal images Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Monte Carlo, Pergamon Press Ltd, Loma Linda, Royal Marsden Hospital, Advanced Radiation Therapy, Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory, Adam Hilger, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Oak Brook, Radiological Society of North America, Varian Associates, Writing Chairs, Acta Chirurg, Acta Oncol, Boca Raton, New Delhi, Radon Transform New!
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The aim of radiation therapy is to tailor a tumourcidal dose envelope to a target volume and to deliver as low a radiation dose as possible to all other normal tissues. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inverse computed tomography, megavoltage portal imaging, synchronous protection, gamma multiplication, convolution dosimetry, uncomplicated tumour control, megavoltage imaging, thin inhomogeneities, tumour control probability, rotation therapy, planning conformal radiotherapy, universal wedge, portal imager, multileaf collimator, dose kernel, conformation radiotherapy, radiotherapy simulator, primary fluence, portal dose, proton facility, conformation therapy, simple bolus, normal tissue complication probability, proton therapy, portal images Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Monte Carlo, Pergamon Press Ltd, Loma Linda, Royal Marsden Hospital, Advanced Radiation Therapy, Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory, Adam Hilger, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Oak Brook, Radiological Society of North America, Varian Associates, Writing Chairs, Acta Chirurg, Acta Oncol, Boca Raton, New Delhi, Radon Transform New!
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- Computer Assisted Radiology: Car '85, Proceeding of the International SYmposium (English and German Edition) by H. U. Lemke on page 63, page 167, and Back Matter
- Advances in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning (Medical physics monograph) by Ann E. Wright on page 213, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Physics of Medical Imaging (Medical Science Ser) by S. Webb on page 133, and Back Matter
- The Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy by I. A. D. Bruinvis on page 244
- Radiation Therapy on page 8
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- Linear Accelerators for Radiation Therapy, Second Edition (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering) by David Greene in Front Matter, page 250, and Back Matter
- The Physics of Conformal Radiotherapy: Advances in Technology (PBK) (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering) by S. Webb in Front Matter
- Design of Pulse Oximeters (Medical Science Series) (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering) by John G. Webster in Front Matter
- Life Sciences and Radiation: Accomplishments and Future Directions by Jürgen Kiefer on page 223
- Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine: APPLICATIONS IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering) by Michael Ljungberg in Front Matter
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