Full Description
Learn what's new in treatment planning, technology, and techniques in brachytherapy from the world's leading researchers and clinicians with the latest book on brachytherapy in modern clinics. This new volume includes chapters on:
HDR and LDR brachytherapy for the prostate.
General planning and model-based dose calculation algorithms.
Intensity-modulated brachytherapy.
Electronic brachytherapy sources and techniques.
Brachytherapy advances for skin, gynecological, and breast cancer.
The latest on promising new technologies that are in their early stages of development.
Contents
Chapter 1 General Planning
Chapter 2 Model-based Dose Calculation Algorithms in Brachytherapy
Chapter 3 Electronic Brachytherapy Sources: Features, Dosimetry, and Clinical Use
Chapter 4 Low-dose-rate Brachytherapy for Prostate
Chapter 5 High-dose-rate Brachytherapy for Prostate
Chapter 6 Brachytherapy for Gynecological Malignancies
Chapter 7 Skin Brachytherapy
Chapter 8 Breast Brachytherapy
Chapter 9 Intensity-modulated Brachytherapy
Chapter 10 Brachytherapy Technologies in Early Clinical Translation
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