Integrating New Technologies into the Clinic: Monte Carlo and Image-Guided Radiation Therapy

Author:   Bruce H. Curran ,  James M. Balter ,  Indrin J. Chetty
Publisher:   Medical Physics Publishing Corporation
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9781930524330


Pages:   736
Publication Date:   30 July 2006
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Author:   Bruce H. Curran ,  James M. Balter ,  Indrin J. Chetty
Publisher:   Medical Physics Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Medical Physics Publishing Corporation
ISBN:  

9781930524330


ISBN 10:   1930524331
Pages:   736
Publication Date:   30 July 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

* Monte Carlo Sessions: The Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation Transfer - Alex F. Bielajew* Monte Carlo Methods for Accelerator Simulation and Photon Beam Modeling - C.-M. Charlie Ma and Daryoush Sheikh-Bagheri* Use of the Monte Carlo Method in Accelerator Head Simulation and Modeling for Electron Beams - Bruce A. Faddegon and Joanna E. Cygler* Monte Carlo Simulations: Efficiency Improvement Techniques and Statistical Considerations - Daryoush Sheikh-Bagheri, Iwan Kawrakow, Blake Walters, and D. W. O. Rogers* Monte-Carlo-based Clinical Treatment Planning: Issues for Consideration - Indrin J. Chetty and Jan P. Seuntjens* Measurement Issues in Commissioning and Benchmarking of Monte Carlo Treatment Planning Systems - Jan P. Seuntjens, Bruce H. Curran, Bruce A. Faddegon, and Joanna E. Cygler* Monte Carlo Applications in IMRT Planning and Quality Assurance - Jeffrey V. Siebers and C.-M. Charlie Ma* Monte Carlo Treatment Planning: Interpretation of Noisy Dose Distributions and Review of Denoising Methods - Iwan Kawrakow and Alex F. Bielajew* Monte Carlo Systems in Pre-clinical and Clinical Treatment Planning: Pitfalls and Triumphs - Joanna E. Cygler, Emily Heath, George X. Ding, and Jan P. Seuntjens* - Joint MC-IGRT Sessions:* Motion Compensation Using Rigid Body Approximations in Monte Carlo Treatment Planning - Mihaela Rosu, Daniel L. McShan, Randall K. Ten Haken, and Indrin J. Chetty* Management of Moving Targets in Radiotherapy - Steve B. Jiang* Acquiring 4-D CT Data for Monte Carlo Calculations - Paul J. Keall and Kristy K. Brock* Monte Carlo Non-Adaptive 4-D Treatment Planning in Conformal Radiation Therapy: Why, How, and What To Look For - Mihaela Rosu, Indrin J. Chetty, Marc L. Kessler, and Randall K. Ten Haken* - IGRT Sessions:* Commissioning and Use of Conventional CT - Sasa Mutic* Clinical Use of 4-D CT - Daniel A. Low* Use of Imaging Systems for Patient Modeling PET and SPECT - Sasa Mutic* MRI in Radiation Treatment Planning and Assessment - Yue Cao and Lili Chen* Image Registration and Data Fusion for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning - Marc L. Kessler and Michael Roberson* In-Room Use of Volume Agreement - Lei Dong, Lifei Zhang, and Laurence Court* In-Room Radiographic Imaging for Localization - Fang-Fang Yin, Zhiheng Wang, Sua Yoo, Devon Godfrey, and Q.-R.. Jackie Wu* Fluoroscopy for Image-Guided Radiotherapy - Martin J. Murphy* Ultrasound-Guided In-Room Imaging for Localization - Bill Salter* In-Room Imaging for Localization: Video, Surface - Scott W. Hadley* In-Room Cone Beam Computed Tomography - Jan-Jacob Sonke, Peter Remeijer, and Marcel van Herk* In-Room CT Imaging: Conventional CT - Lei Dong and Jennifer C. O'Daniel* The Integration of Position-Monitoring and Targeted Radiotherapy Control Systems - Paul J. Keall, Sastry Vedam, and Martin J. Murphy* Image-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy Model - Di Yan* TomoTherapy's Implementation of Image-Guided and Dose-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy - Katja Langen, Sanford Meeks, Patrick Kupelian, Ken Ruchala, Weiguo Lu, Jason Haimerl, Quan Chen, Eric Schnarr, and Gustavo Olivera* On-Board Imaging System: Implementation and Quality Assurance Procedures - Rabih Hammoud, Sua Yoo, and Harrison Guan* Imaging Dose During Image-Guided Radiotherapy - Martin J. Murphy

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