Full Description
While numerous technical developments are proceeding in the field of radiation therapy, image-guided radiation therapy and the Monte Carlo method have recently attracted much attention. These two topics, covered in this book from sessions presented at the 2006 AAPM Summer School, present significant changes in the influence of technology on the practice of radiation oncology. This text will serve as a valuable reference for physicists who seek to further integrate Monte Carlo and image-guidance techniques into clinical practice.
Contents
Monte Carlo Sessions: The Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation Transfer - Alex F. Bielajew
Monte Carlo Methods for Accelerator Simulation and Photon Beam Modeling - C.-M. Charlie Ma and Daryoush Sheikh-Bagheri
Use of the Monte Carlo Method in Accelerator Head Simulation and Modeling for Electron Beams - Bruce A. Faddegon and Joanna E. Cygler
Monte Carlo Simulations: Efficiency Improvement Techniques and Statistical Considerations - Daryoush Sheikh-Bagheri, Iwan Kawrakow, Blake Walters, and D. W. O. Rogers
Monte-Carlo-based Clinical Treatment Planning: Issues for Consideration - Indrin J. Chetty and Jan P. Seuntjens
Measurement Issues in Commissioning and Benchmarking of Monte Carlo Treatment Planning Systems - Jan P. Seuntjens, Bruce H. Curran, Bruce A. Faddegon, and Joanna E. Cygler
Monte Carlo Applications in IMRT Planning and Quality Assurance - Jeffrey V. Siebers and C.-M. Charlie Ma
Monte Carlo Treatment Planning: Interpretation of Noisy Dose Distributions and Review of Denoising Methods - Iwan Kawrakow and Alex F. Bielajew
Monte Carlo Systems in Pre-clinical and Clinical Treatment Planning: Pitfalls and Triumphs - Joanna E. Cygler, Emily Heath, George X. Ding, and Jan P. Seuntjens
- Joint MC-IGRT Sessions:
Motion Compensation Using Rigid Body Approximations in Monte Carlo Treatment Planning - Mihaela Rosu, Daniel L. McShan, Randall K. Ten Haken, and Indrin J. Chetty
Management of Moving Targets in Radiotherapy - Steve B. Jiang
Acquiring 4-D CT Data for Monte Carlo Calculations - Paul J. Keall and Kristy K. Brock
Monte Carlo Non-Adaptive 4-D Treatment Planning in Conformal Radiation Therapy: Why, How, and What To Look For - Mihaela Rosu, Indrin J. Chetty, Marc L. Kessler, and Randall K. Ten Haken
- IGRT Sessions:
Commissioning and Use of Conventional CT - Sasa Mutic
Clinical Use of 4-D CT - Daniel A. Low
Use of Imaging Systems for Patient Modeling PET and SPECT - Sasa Mutic
MRI in Radiation Treatment Planning and Assessment - Yue Cao and Lili Chen
Image Registration and Data Fusion for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning - Marc L. Kessler and Michael Roberson
In-Room Use of Volume Agreement - Lei Dong, Lifei Zhang, and Laurence Court
In-Room Radiographic Imaging for Localization - Fang-Fang Yin, Zhiheng Wang, Sua Yoo, Devon Godfrey, and Q.-R.. Jackie Wu
Fluoroscopy for Image-Guided Radiotherapy - Martin J. Murphy
Ultrasound-Guided In-Room Imaging for Localization - Bill Salter
In-Room Imaging for Localization: Video, Surface - Scott W. Hadley
In-Room Cone Beam Computed Tomography - Jan-Jacob Sonke, Peter Remeijer, and Marcel van Herk
In-Room CT Imaging: Conventional CT - Lei Dong and Jennifer C. O'Daniel
The Integration of Position-Monitoring and Targeted Radiotherapy Control Systems - Paul J. Keall, Sastry Vedam, and Martin J. Murphy
Image-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy Model - Di Yan
TomoTherapy's Implementation of Image-Guided and Dose-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy - Katja Langen, Sanford Meeks, Patrick Kupelian, Ken Ruchala, Weiguo Lu, Jason Haimerl, Quan Chen, Eric Schnarr, and Gustavo Olivera
On-Board Imaging System: Implementation and Quality Assurance Procedures - Rabih Hammoud, Sua Yoo, and Harrison Guan
Imaging Dose During Image-Guided Radiotherapy - Martin J. Murphy
