Full Description
IMRT represents a new paradigm in the radiation therapy process that requires knowledge of multimodality imaging, setup uncertainties and internal organ motion, tumor control probabilities, normal tissue complication probabilities, three-dimensional dose calculation and optimisation and dynamic beam delivery of non-uniform beam intensities.
Written by contributors who are among the foremost in the field, this book presents a snapshot of the current IMRT planning and delivery technology. It discusses issues that confront safe implementation of IMRT and encourages reflection on its future. The result is a handbook that will aid both experienced radiation oncology physicists and newcomers to the field in understanding the nuances of IMRT and its safe implementation in the clinics. The level of presentation is designed for practicing medical physicists who are not specialists in IMRT. Some issues such as imaging and target delineation, quality assurance and its frequency, and achievable accuracy are discussed in multiple chapters and from differing points of view, reflecting the diversity of opinions in this rapidly evolving field.
Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
Historical Perspective on IMRT - Steve Webb, PhD, DSc
Mathematical Optimization for the Inverse Problem of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy - Yair Censor, D.Sc
Physical Optimization - Thomas R. Bortfeld, PhD
Biological Indices for Evaluation and Optimization of IMRT - Ellen D. Yorke, PhD
Aperture-Based Inverse Planning - D.M. Shepard, PhD, M.A. Earl, PhD, C.X. Yu, D.Sc, Y. Xiao, PhD
Medical Imaging in IMRT Planning - Charles A. Pelizzari, PhD
Target and Critical Structure Definitions, Dose Presecription and Reporting for IMRT - James Balter, PhD
What Is Different About IMRT? - Mark Langer, MD
IMRT Delivery Using Serial Tomotherapy - Bruce Curran, ME, MS
Helical Tomotherapy - Thomas Rockwell Mackie, PhD, Gustavo H. Olivera, PhD, Jeffrey M. Kapatoes, PhD, Kenneth J. Ruchala, PhD, John P.Balog, PhD, Wolfgang A. Tome, PhD, Susanta Hui, PhD, Michael Kissick, PhD, Chuan Wu, MS, Robert Jeraj, PhD, PaulJ. Reckwerdt, BS, Paul Harari, MD, Mark Ritter, MD, PhD, Lisa Forrest, VMD, James Welsh, MD, MS, and Minesh P.Mehta, MD
Static MLC IMRT (Step and Shoot) - Arthur Boyer, PhD
Dynamic MLC IMRT - Paul Keall, PhD, Qiuwen Wu, PhD, Yan Wu, MS, and Jong Oh Kim, PhD
Functional Requirements for IMRT - Timothy J. Waldron, MS
Radiation Shielding for IMRT - Daniel A. Low, PhD
Dosimetry Metrology for IMRT - Jean M. Moran, PhD
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy:
The Good, the Bad and the Misconceptions - James M. Galvin, DSc
Commissioning and Quality Assurance for IMRT Treatment Planning - Michael B. Sharpe, PhD, DABMP
Clinical Implementation of IMRT Treatment Planning - Gary A. Ezzell, PhD
Patient-Specific Quality Assurance in IMRT - Ping Xia, PhD and Cynthia Chuang, PhD
Monitor Unit Calculation and Plan Validation for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy - Lei Xing, PhD, Y. Yang, PhD, Jonathan G. Li, PhD, Yan Chen, PhD, Gary Luxton, PhD, Zhe Chen, PhD, Y. Song, PhD,and Arthur L. Boyer, PhD
Monte Carlo and IMRT - Jeffrey V. Siebers, PhD and Radhe Mohan, PhD
IMRT Delivery System QA - Thomas J. LoSasso, PhD
Tolerance Limits and Action Levels for Planning and Delivery of IMRT - Jatinder R. Palta, PhD, Siyong Kim, PhD, Jonathan G. Li, PhD, and Chihray Liu, PhD - Quality Assurance: When and What Is Enough for IMRT? - Gary A. Ezzell, PhD
IMRT for Prostate Cancer - Alan Pollack, MD, PhD and Robert A. Price, PhD
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer - K.S. Clifford Chao, MD and Angel I. Blanco, MD
Lung Cancer Radiotherapy - Craig W. Stevens, MD, PhD, Thomas Guerrero, MD, PhD and Kenneth M. Forster, PhD
Methods to Manage Respiratory Motion in Radiation Treatment - John Wong, PhD
X-Ray-Guided IMRT
David A. Jaffray, PhD - Patient Positioning Using Optical and Ultrasound Techniques - Sanford L. Meeks, PhD, Wolfgang A. Tome, PhD, Lionel G. Bouchet, PhD, A. Curtis Hass, MD, John M. Buatti, MD,Francis J. Bova, PhD
Modulated Electron Therapy - Kenneth R. Hogstrom, PhD, John A. Antolak, PhD, Rajat J. Kudchadker, PhD, C.-M. Charlie Ma, PhD and Dennis D.Leavitt, PhD
Compensated and Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy - Tony Lomax, PhD
Socio-Economic Issues of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy - Michael T. Gillin, PhD
The Future of IMRT - Jerry J. Battista, PhD, and Glenn S. Bauman, PhD
Novel Uses and Applications of IMRT - James S. Welsh, MS, MD, Gustavo H. Olivera, PhD, and T. Rochwell Mackie, PhD
List of Acronyms
