Clinical conformal radiotherapy is the holy grail of radiation treatment and is now becoming a reality through the combined efforts of physical scientists and engineers, who have improved the physical basis of radiotherapy, and the interest and concern of imaginative radiotherapists and radiographers. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy describes in detail the physics germane to the development of a particular form of clinical conformal radiotherapy called intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). IMRT has become a topic of tremendous importance in recent years and is now being seriously investigated for its potential to improve the outcome of radiation therapy. The book collates the state-of-the-art literature together with the author's personal research experience and that of colleagues in the field to produce a text suitable for new research workers, Ph.D. students, and practicing radiation physicists that require a thorough introduction to IMRT. Fully illustrated, indexed, and referenced, the book has been prepared in a form suitable for supporting a teaching course.
| ISBN: | 9780750306997 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2001 |
| Author: | S Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, UK Webb |
| Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 454 pages |
| Series: | Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering |
| Genres: |
Life sciences: general issues Medical physics |