The Third Edition of Radiation Therapy Physics addresses in concise fashion the fundamental diagnostic radiologic physics principles as well as their clinical implications. Along with coverage of the concepts and applications for the radiation treatment of cancer patients, the authors have included reviews of the most up-to-date instrumentation and critical historical links. The text includes coverage of imaging in therapy planning and surveillance, calibration protocols, and precision radiation therapy, as well as discussion of relevant regulation and compliance activities. It contains an updated and expanded section on computer applications in radiation therapy and electron beam therapy, and features enhanced user-friendliness and visual appeal with a new, easy-to-follow format, including sidebars and a larger trim size. With its user-friendly presentation and broad, comprehensive coverage of radiotherapy physics, this Third Edition doubles as a medical text and handy professional reference.
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"...an excellent introduction to undergraduate physics students, and radiation oncology residents involved in education programs…" (Health Physics, September 2005)
"The breadth is impressive, and students would have every opportunity to meet the stated objective of attaining 'a solid foundation in the physics of radiation therapy.'" (Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Spring 2005)
"This well written book will be an excellent primary textbook as well as reference resource in the library of anyone practicing in the field of radiation therapy." (Doody's Health Services)
"The authors are to be congratulated for their diligent effort in producing such a valuable work." (Medical Physics, February 2005)
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The techniques of state-of-the-art radiation therapy have evolved greatly in recent years. Treatment procedures such as conformal and intensity-modulated radiation therapy, high dose-rate and brachytherapy, and image-guided radiation therapy have become standards in radiation therapy clinics around the world. Teaching models for radiation therapy have advanced accordingly, as have the protocols for calibrating and applying radiation beams in treatment.
This Third Edition of Radiation Therapy Physics provides the latest information on the technological and conceptual developments currently transforming the field. A concise guide to fundamental principles and clinical applications, the text includes reviews of the most up-to-date instrumentation as well as critical historical links.
Radiation Therapy Physics, Third Edition offers:
- New coverage of imaging modalities in therapy planning and verification, calibration protocols, and precision radiation therapy, as well as relevant regulation and compliance issues
- An expanded section on computer applications in radiation therapy and electron beam therapy
- A new, easy-to-follow format
- Numerous illustrative diagrams, photographs, tables, and graphs
- Problems, answers, and summaries for each chapter
- New images obtained from high-energy x-ray beams delivered by linear accelerators
- Clear and concise writing style throughout
With its user-friendly presentation and broad, comprehensive coverage of radiotherapy physics, Radiation Therapy Physics, Third Edition is both an accessible medical text and a handy professional reference.
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This book has a lot of good information, but it doesn't explain itself very well. There are a number of incorrect formulas from bad editing. The author doesn't explain where he is getting different numbers and results from. He skips too many steps when explaining things. If you already have a strong understanding of radiation therapy physics this book would be fine, but if you're trying to learn it this book is lacking.
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Decent radiation therapy physics background and introduction,
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this book is good overall but could go into a little more detail in some areas. i purchased it because i had read most of Khan and wanted a 'different perspective' on medical radiation physics.
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Another remarkable book by a remarkable Author,
This review is from: Radiation Therapy Physics (Hardcover)
This book on Radiation Therapy Physics serves the needs of all professionals working in the treatment of cancer by radiation.Radiation oncology residents,physicists,dosimetrists and therapists will all find this book useful for the understanding of physical concepts needed in their day to day practice.
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percent depth dose, accelerator waveguide, beam alignment tests, treatment planning calculations, serial tomotherapy, fluence map, gantry isocenter, beam entrance surface, cumulative dose limit, wedge isodose angle, implant plane, axis depth dose data, decrement lines, beam flatness, geometric penumbra, dosimetry calibration laboratories, uncrossed end, isodose curves, megavoltage energies, collimator axis, radiation therapy physics, isodose distributions, pion therapy, radiation therapy simulator, collimator jaws Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Medical Radiation Physics, International Commission, John Wiley, Mosby-Year Book, Task Group, Monte Carlo, National Council, Radiation Therapy Physics, American Association of Physicists, Van de Graaff, World War, Third Edition, Radiological Protection, American College of Radiology, Medical Imaging Physics, The Physics of Radiology, Academic Press, Nobel Prize, Acta Radiol, Mosby Year Book, National Bureau of Standards, University of Wisconsin, Accepted Range New!
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percent depth dose, accelerator waveguide, beam alignment tests, treatment planning calculations, serial tomotherapy, fluence map, gantry isocenter, beam entrance surface, cumulative dose limit, wedge isodose angle, implant plane, axis depth dose data, decrement lines, beam flatness, geometric penumbra, dosimetry calibration laboratories, uncrossed end, isodose curves, megavoltage energies, collimator axis, radiation therapy physics, isodose distributions, pion therapy, radiation therapy simulator, collimator jaws Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Medical Radiation Physics, International Commission, John Wiley, Mosby-Year Book, Task Group, Monte Carlo, National Council, Radiation Therapy Physics, American Association of Physicists, Van de Graaff, World War, Third Edition, Radiological Protection, American College of Radiology, Medical Imaging Physics, The Physics of Radiology, Academic Press, Nobel Prize, Acta Radiol, Mosby Year Book, National Bureau of Standards, University of Wisconsin, Accepted Range New!
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- Medical Radiation Physics by William R Hendee on 22 pages
- Medical Imaging Physics by William R. Hendee on 11 pages
- Physics of Radiology, Fourth Edition by Harold Elford Johns on 10 pages
- Medical Electron Accelerators by C. J. Karzmark on 7 pages
- Biomedical Uses of Radiation (2-Volume Set) by William R. Hendee on 6 pages
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- Radiation Therapy Planning by Gunilla Bentel on 5 pages
- Radiation Science for Physicians and Public Health Workers by Marco Zaider in Back Matter
- Medical Imaging Physics by William R. Hendee on page 141
- Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering) by Ervin B. Podgorsak in Back Matter
- Contemporary Health Physics: Problems and Solutions by Joseph John Bevelacqua on page 65
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