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Monte Carlo calculations in nuclear medicine : therapeutic applications / edited by Habib Zaidi.

Contributor(s): Zaidi, Habib [editor.] | Institute of Physics (Great Britain) [publisher.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: IOP (Series)Release 22: ; IPEM-IOP series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology: ; IOP ebooks2022 collection: Publisher: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780750326940; 9780750326933.Uniform titles: Therapeutic applications of Monte Carlo calculations in nuclear medicine. Subject(s): Nuclear medicine -- Statistical methods | Monte Carlo method | Radioisotopes -- Therapeutic use | Monte Carlo Method | Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted -- methods | Radiometry | Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted | Medical physics | Medical physics and biophysicsAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 519.282 Online resources: Click here to access online Also available in print.
Contents:
1. Monte Carlo techniques in nuclear medicine dosimetry / Habib Zaidi and Pedro Andreo -- 2. Advances in imaging for radiation therapy / Stephan Walrand and Michel Hesse -- 3. Basic concepts of internal radiation dosimetry / Pat Zanzonico and Wesley Bolch -- 4. Dose point-kernels for radionuclide dosimetry / Manuel Bardi�es and Lidia Strigari -- 5. Computational models of human anatomy / Wesley Bolch -- 6. Radiobiology aspects and radionuclide selection criteria in cancer therapy / Amin I. Kassis -- 7. Microdosimetry of targeted radionuclides / Pablo M�inguez Gabi�ana, John C. Roeske and John L. Humm -- 8. Monte Carlo calculations in therapeutic nuclear medicine / Michael Stabin and Habib Zaidi -- 9. The OLINDA software package / Michael Stabin -- 10. The three-dimensional radiobioligical dosimetry software package, 3D-RD / Robert F. Hobbs and George Sgouros -- 11. RAPID: radiopharmaceutical assessment platform for internal dosimetry / Bryan Bednarz, Abigail Besemer, Ian Marsh, David Adam and Joseph Grudzinski -- 12. The VRAK software for internal radionuclide dosimetry / Price Jackson and Graeme O'Keefe -- 13. The Raydose software for image-based dosimetry in molecular radiotherapy / Emiliano Spezi, Nick Patterson and Salvatore Berenato -- 14. The VIDA software for targeted radionuclide therapy / Susan Kost, Jacob Hesterman and Keryn Gresco -- 15. Novel approaches for voxel-based dosimetry / Tianwu Xie -- 16. The Monte Carlo method as a design tool in selective internal radiation therapy / Arnaud Dieudonn�e and Manuel S�anchez-Garc�ia -- 17. The Monte Carlo method as a design tool in boron neutron capture therapy / Leyla Moghaddasi -- 18. Monte Carlo-based dosimetry of Auger electrons / Nadia Falzone -- 19. Monte Carlo models and methods of skeletal and bone marrow dosimetry / Wesley Bolch -- 20. The use of Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate image-based absorbed dose calculation procedures / Michael Ljungberg and Yuni K. Dewaraja -- 21. Summary / Habib Zaidi.
Abstract: This book covers the applications of Monte Carlo (MC) calculations in therapeutic nuclear medicine from basic principles, to computer implementations of software packages and their applications in radiation dosimetry and treatment planning in targeted radionuclide therapy.
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Revised edition of: Therapeutic applications of Monte Carlo calculations in nuclear medicine.

"Version: 20220601"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Monte Carlo techniques in nuclear medicine dosimetry / Habib Zaidi and Pedro Andreo -- 2. Advances in imaging for radiation therapy / Stephan Walrand and Michel Hesse -- 3. Basic concepts of internal radiation dosimetry / Pat Zanzonico and Wesley Bolch -- 4. Dose point-kernels for radionuclide dosimetry / Manuel Bardi�es and Lidia Strigari -- 5. Computational models of human anatomy / Wesley Bolch -- 6. Radiobiology aspects and radionuclide selection criteria in cancer therapy / Amin I. Kassis -- 7. Microdosimetry of targeted radionuclides / Pablo M�inguez Gabi�ana, John C. Roeske and John L. Humm -- 8. Monte Carlo calculations in therapeutic nuclear medicine / Michael Stabin and Habib Zaidi -- 9. The OLINDA software package / Michael Stabin -- 10. The three-dimensional radiobioligical dosimetry software package, 3D-RD / Robert F. Hobbs and George Sgouros -- 11. RAPID: radiopharmaceutical assessment platform for internal dosimetry / Bryan Bednarz, Abigail Besemer, Ian Marsh, David Adam and Joseph Grudzinski -- 12. The VRAK software for internal radionuclide dosimetry / Price Jackson and Graeme O'Keefe -- 13. The Raydose software for image-based dosimetry in molecular radiotherapy / Emiliano Spezi, Nick Patterson and Salvatore Berenato -- 14. The VIDA software for targeted radionuclide therapy / Susan Kost, Jacob Hesterman and Keryn Gresco -- 15. Novel approaches for voxel-based dosimetry / Tianwu Xie -- 16. The Monte Carlo method as a design tool in selective internal radiation therapy / Arnaud Dieudonn�e and Manuel S�anchez-Garc�ia -- 17. The Monte Carlo method as a design tool in boron neutron capture therapy / Leyla Moghaddasi -- 18. Monte Carlo-based dosimetry of Auger electrons / Nadia Falzone -- 19. Monte Carlo models and methods of skeletal and bone marrow dosimetry / Wesley Bolch -- 20. The use of Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate image-based absorbed dose calculation procedures / Michael Ljungberg and Yuni K. Dewaraja -- 21. Summary / Habib Zaidi.

This book covers the applications of Monte Carlo (MC) calculations in therapeutic nuclear medicine from basic principles, to computer implementations of software packages and their applications in radiation dosimetry and treatment planning in targeted radionuclide therapy.

Scientists working in academic or industrial environments focusing on translational research and therapeutic nuclear medicine and radiology.

Also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Professor Habib Zaidi (www.pinlab.ch) is Chief physicist and head of the PET Instrumentation & Neuroimaging Laboratory at Geneva University Hospital and faculty member at the medical school of Geneva University.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 5, 2022).

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