Ravindran, B. Paul,
Image-guided radiation therapy : physics and technology / B. Paul Ravindran. - 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). - [IOP release $release] IPEM-IOP series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology IOP ebooks. [2022 collection] . - IOP (Series). Release 22. IPEM-IOP series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology. IOP ebooks. 2022 collection. .
"Version: 20220401"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction and historical perspective -- 1.1. Principle of radiotherapy -- 1.2. Methods of radiotherapy delivery -- 1.3. The need for imaging in radiotherapy -- 1.4. Non-radiological image guidance systems -- 1.5. The advantages of IGRT 2. Two-dimensional (2D) off-line image guidance in radiation therapy -- 2.1. Radiographic film for image guidance -- 2.2. Computed radiography for image guidance -- 2.3. Advantages in the use of CR for portal imaging -- 2.4. Summary 3. Electronic portal imaging devices -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Video camera-based EPID -- 3.3. Fibre optic-based EPID -- 3.4. Liquid ion chamber-based EPID -- 3.5. Active-matrix, flat-panel imager (AMFPI)-based EPIDs -- 3.6. Clinical use of EPID -- 3.7. Summary 4. Two-dimensional (2D) kilovoltage image guidance systems -- 4.1. Kilovoltage (kV) x-ray-based stereoscopic imaging system -- 4.2. Gantry-mounted two-dimensional kV IGRT systems -- 4.3. Summary 5. Volumetric radiological image guidance systems -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. CT on rails (in-room CT) -- 5.3. Tomotherapy -- 5.4. CBCT-based image guidance -- 5.5. Halcyon unit -- 5.6. kV CBCT-based IGRT -- 5.7. Image registration -- 5.8. Clinical applications of 3D image guidance -- 5.9. Summary 6. Commissioning, quality assurance and dose during IGRT -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Quality assurance program requirements -- 6.3. Commissioning and quality assurance of EPID -- 6.4. Commissioning and quality assurance of the stereoscopic imaging system -- 6.5. Commissioning and quality assurance of CT on-rails IGRT system -- 6.6. Commissioning and quality assurance of the TomoTherapy -- 6.7. Halcyon IGRT unit -- 6.8. Gantry mounted kV x-ray based planar and CBCT imaging system -- 6.9. Dose during image guidance -- 6.10. Summary 7. US for image guidance in external beam radiation therapy -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Physics of US imaging -- 7.3. US frequency -- 7.4. Scanning modes -- 7.5. US imaging techniques -- 7.6. Three-dimensional (3D) US imaging -- 7.7. US-based commercial IGRT systems -- 7.8. Workflow for inter-fraction and intra-fraction US imaging -- 7.9. Commissioning and quality assurance of a US-based IGRT system -- 7.10. Advantages of a US IGRT system -- 7.11. Challenges in the use of US system for IGRT -- 7.12. Summary 8. Magnetic resonance image-guided radiotherapy (MRIgRT) -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Physics of MRI -- 8.3. The challenges in integrating MRI to a linac for image guidance -- 8.4. MRIgRT systems -- 8.5. Summary 9. Optical surface scanning : surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) -- 9.1. The science behind surface guidance -- 9.2. Clinical SGRT systems -- 9.3. The AlignRT system -- 9.4. The Catalyst(Tm)/Sentinel(Tm) system -- 9.5. Advantages of SGRT -- 9.6. Limitations of surface tracking systems -- 9.7. Summary.
This book provides the reader with an in-depth knowledge of physics principles and technology of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) that is changing the way radiotherapy is practiced.
Students of radiation oncology, medical physics and radiotherapy technology.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Dr. B. Paul Ravindran is a retired professor of Radiation Physics of the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India. He has more than 35 years of teaching experience in medical physics.
9780750333634 9780750333627
10.1088/978-0-7503-3363-4 doi
Image-guided radiation therapy.
Radiotherapy, Image-Guided.
Medical physics.
Medical physics and biophysics.
RC271.R3 / R385 2022eb
616.07/57
WN 250.5.R2 / R256i 2022eb
Image-guided radiation therapy : physics and technology / B. Paul Ravindran. - 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). - [IOP release $release] IPEM-IOP series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology IOP ebooks. [2022 collection] . - IOP (Series). Release 22. IPEM-IOP series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology. IOP ebooks. 2022 collection. .
"Version: 20220401"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction and historical perspective -- 1.1. Principle of radiotherapy -- 1.2. Methods of radiotherapy delivery -- 1.3. The need for imaging in radiotherapy -- 1.4. Non-radiological image guidance systems -- 1.5. The advantages of IGRT 2. Two-dimensional (2D) off-line image guidance in radiation therapy -- 2.1. Radiographic film for image guidance -- 2.2. Computed radiography for image guidance -- 2.3. Advantages in the use of CR for portal imaging -- 2.4. Summary 3. Electronic portal imaging devices -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Video camera-based EPID -- 3.3. Fibre optic-based EPID -- 3.4. Liquid ion chamber-based EPID -- 3.5. Active-matrix, flat-panel imager (AMFPI)-based EPIDs -- 3.6. Clinical use of EPID -- 3.7. Summary 4. Two-dimensional (2D) kilovoltage image guidance systems -- 4.1. Kilovoltage (kV) x-ray-based stereoscopic imaging system -- 4.2. Gantry-mounted two-dimensional kV IGRT systems -- 4.3. Summary 5. Volumetric radiological image guidance systems -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. CT on rails (in-room CT) -- 5.3. Tomotherapy -- 5.4. CBCT-based image guidance -- 5.5. Halcyon unit -- 5.6. kV CBCT-based IGRT -- 5.7. Image registration -- 5.8. Clinical applications of 3D image guidance -- 5.9. Summary 6. Commissioning, quality assurance and dose during IGRT -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Quality assurance program requirements -- 6.3. Commissioning and quality assurance of EPID -- 6.4. Commissioning and quality assurance of the stereoscopic imaging system -- 6.5. Commissioning and quality assurance of CT on-rails IGRT system -- 6.6. Commissioning and quality assurance of the TomoTherapy -- 6.7. Halcyon IGRT unit -- 6.8. Gantry mounted kV x-ray based planar and CBCT imaging system -- 6.9. Dose during image guidance -- 6.10. Summary 7. US for image guidance in external beam radiation therapy -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Physics of US imaging -- 7.3. US frequency -- 7.4. Scanning modes -- 7.5. US imaging techniques -- 7.6. Three-dimensional (3D) US imaging -- 7.7. US-based commercial IGRT systems -- 7.8. Workflow for inter-fraction and intra-fraction US imaging -- 7.9. Commissioning and quality assurance of a US-based IGRT system -- 7.10. Advantages of a US IGRT system -- 7.11. Challenges in the use of US system for IGRT -- 7.12. Summary 8. Magnetic resonance image-guided radiotherapy (MRIgRT) -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Physics of MRI -- 8.3. The challenges in integrating MRI to a linac for image guidance -- 8.4. MRIgRT systems -- 8.5. Summary 9. Optical surface scanning : surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) -- 9.1. The science behind surface guidance -- 9.2. Clinical SGRT systems -- 9.3. The AlignRT system -- 9.4. The Catalyst(Tm)/Sentinel(Tm) system -- 9.5. Advantages of SGRT -- 9.6. Limitations of surface tracking systems -- 9.7. Summary.
This book provides the reader with an in-depth knowledge of physics principles and technology of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) that is changing the way radiotherapy is practiced.
Students of radiation oncology, medical physics and radiotherapy technology.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Dr. B. Paul Ravindran is a retired professor of Radiation Physics of the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India. He has more than 35 years of teaching experience in medical physics.
9780750333634 9780750333627
10.1088/978-0-7503-3363-4 doi
Image-guided radiation therapy.
Radiotherapy, Image-Guided.
Medical physics.
Medical physics and biophysics.
RC271.R3 / R385 2022eb
616.07/57
WN 250.5.R2 / R256i 2022eb