Overview
- Fundamental aspects of radiotherapy and brachytherapy
- Conformal Radiotherapy (CRT), modern techniques from Multi-Leaf Collimators (MLC) to Intensity Modulated RadioTherapy (IMRT)
- Treatment planning. Hadrontherapy (protons and light ions, like carbon ions)
Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics (NAPSB)
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Book Title: Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy
Editors: Yves Lemoigne, Alessandra Caner
Series Title: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3097-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3095-5Published: 11 September 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3096-2Published: 11 September 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3097-9Published: 14 August 2009
Series ISSN: 1874-6500
Series E-ISSN: 1874-6535
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 250
Topics: Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Imaging / Radiology