Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering) (Volume 0)

Webb, S.

ISBN 10: 0750306998 / ISBN 13: 9780750306997

Published by CRC Press, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering) (Volume 0)
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750306998
• ISBN 13: 9780750306997
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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 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