Tutorials in Radiotherapy Physics : Advanced Topics with Problems and Solutions /: Advanced Topics with Problems and Solutions. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Patrick N. McDermott.
• Authors: McDermott, Patrick N
• Contents: The Physics of Electron Acceleration in Medical Linacs; Introduction; Maxwell’s Equations; Cylindrical Waveguides; Traveling Wave Accelerators I; Cavity Oscillations; Energy; Traveling Wave Accelerators II; Standing Wave Accelerators; Pulsed Operation and Waveforms; Frequency Stability and Fabrication of Waveguide Structures; Changing Beam Energy; Comparison between TW and SW Linacs; X-Band Linacs Proton Therapy Physics: Protons for Pedestrians ; Introduction; Brief History; Interaction of Protons with Matter; Absorbed Dose and the Bragg Peak; A Few Words about Radiobiology; Circular Charged Particle Orbits and Stability; Proton Therapy Accelerators; Beam Transport and Gantries; Lateral and Axial Beam Spreading; Beam Calibration; Dose Calculation Algorithms; Inhomogeneities; Dose Distributions; Radiation Shielding; New Developments; Summary Convolution/Superposition Dose Computation Algorithms ; Introduction; Monoenergetic Beams, Homogeneous Medium; Convolution Integrals; Polyenergetic Beams, Homogeneous Medium; Incident Energy Fluence, Beam Modeling, and Primary Photon Transport; Point Dose Kernels; Analytical Derivation of a Point Kernel for Singly Scattered Photons; Heterogeneities; Pencil Beams; Patient Geometry; Collapsed Cone Convolution; Calculation of Monitor Units; Dose Calculation Speed; Pinnacle Treatment Planning System; Conclusion Deterministic Radiation Transport: A Rival to Monte Carlo Methods ; Introduction; Absorbed Dose, Kerma, and Fluence; Differential Fluence; Calculation of Dose from Fundamental Radiometric Quantities; Transport Equation; Primary Radiation Consisting of Charged Particles; CSDA Approximation; Indirectly Ionizing Radiation; Efficacy of BTE-Based Dose Calculations; Fermi–Eyges Theory and Electron Pencil Beam Dose Calculations; Conclusion Tumor Control and Normal Tissue Complication Probability Models in Radiation Therapy ; Introduction; Some Elements of Probability Theory; DVHs; Normal Tissue Complication Probability; Tumor Control Probability; Probability of Uncomplicated Control; Conclusions/Summary Problems, Questions, Symbols, References, and Endnotes appear at the end of each chapter.
• Publisher Details: CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages), (15 illustrations)
• Subjects: SCIENCE / Physics; MEDICAL / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482251685
• Related ISBNs: 148225168X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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