Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780750306997)

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.

Author: S. Webb
ISBN-10: 0750306998
ISBN-13: 9780750306997
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2001
Pages: 454
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.76lbs
Size: 9.38h x 6.52w x 1.02d