Image-Guided Radiation Therapy Physics and technology

Thisbook provides the reader with an in-depth knowledge of physics principles and technologyof Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) thatis changing the way radiotherapy is practiced. The book aims to cover from the historical methods of using radiographicfilms for image guidance to the recent state of the art Magnetic Resonanceimage guided Radiotherapy (MRgRT) thus providing the reader an historicalperspective to the evolution of IGRT technology. Eachchapter provides the physics principles, the technological development and theimage guidance workflow and the quality assurance procedures as required. Thebook is aimed at academics and students of medical physics and radiationoncology as well as the other disciplines that use radiation treatment such asneurosurgery.

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Medical, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine