Image-Guided IMRT (eBook)

Foundations.- Rationale of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: A Clinician’s Point of View.- The Potential and Limitations of IMRT: A Physicist’s Point of View.- Imaging for IMRT.- Physical Optimization.- Practical IMRT Planning.- Dose Calculations for IMRT.- IMRT Delivery Techniques.- Biological Aspects of IMRT Planning and Delivery.- Image Guided Patient Setup.- QA-QC of IMRT: European Perspective.- QA-QC of IMRT: American Perspective.- Advanced Image-Guided and Biologically Guided Techniques.- Imaging Lymph Nodes Using CT and MRI, Imaging Cancer by PET.- PET and SPECT in IMRT: Future Prospects.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging for IMRT.- Molecular/Functional Image-guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy.- Biological Optimization.- Advanced Imaging and Guidance System for Use in Intensity Modulated RT.- External Beam Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) on a Conventional Medical Accelerator.- Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) Strategies Using Helical Tomotherapy.- 4D CT Simulation.- 4D Treatment Planning.- “4D” IMRT Delivery.- Clinical.- IMRT for Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity (Sino-Nasal) Tumors.- IMRT for Carcinomas of the Oropharynx and Oral Cavity.- IMRT for Carcinomas of the Nasopharynx.- Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy in Cancer of the Larynx.- Central Nervous System, Skull Base and Paraspinal Tumors.- IMRT Lung.- Breast IMRT.- IMRT for Malignancies of the Upper Abdomen and Retroperitoneum.- Prostate IMRT.- Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy for Carcinomas of the Uterine Cervix and Endometrium.- Integration of IMRT and Brachytherapy.- High Precision and Unconventional Fractionation IMRT.