Advances in accelerators and medical physics. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Toshiyuki Shirai, Teiji Nishio, Kiyokazu Sato.
• Editors: Shirai, Toshiyuki; Nishio, Teiji; Sato, Kiyokazu
• Contents: Section I: X ray therapy, Electron beam therapy; 1. Electron accelerator, Beam irradiation system; 2. FLASH therapy system; 3. Irradiation method and Therapy method; 4. Immobilizing and Positioning patients; 5. Respiratory motion management; 6. Treatment planning; 7. Dosimetric verification; 8. Other techniques; ; Section II: Particle therapy ; 9. Proton cyclotron accelerator, Line scanning irradiation system; 10. Proton synchrotron accelerator, Spot scanning irradiation system; 11. Carbon-ion synchrotron accelerator, Raster scanning irradiation system; 12. Variable energy cyclotron accelerator; 13. Superconducting synchrotron accelerator, Laser particle accelerator; 14. Irradiation method and Therapy method; 15. Immobilizing and Positioning patients, Respiratory motion management; 16. Treatment planning; 17. Dosimetric verification; 18. Particle radiation protection; ; Section III: BNCT ; 19. Principle and Current status; 20. Proton linac accelerator and Li target system; 21. Proton linac accelerator and Be target system; 22. Proton cyclotron accelerator and Be target system; 23. Therapy method, Irradiation method and Immobilizing and Positioning patients (Head and Neck); 24. Therapy method, Irradiation method and Immobilizing and Positioning patients (Brain); 25. Therapy method, Irradiation method and Immobilizing and Positioning patients (Skin); 26. Treatment planning; 27. Dosimetric verification; 28. Future works; ; Section IV: RI Diagnosis and Therapy ; 29. Electron linac accelerator, RI pharmaceutical synthesizer; 30. Proton cyclotron accelerator, RI pharmaceutical synthesizer; 31. Dosimetric verification; 32. Novel RI pharmaceutical synthesizer
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Subjects: 615.842; Linear accelerators in medicine; Radiotherapy; Medical physics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323991926
• Related ISBNs: 9780323991919
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