Practical Radiation Oncology Physics: A Companion to Gunderson & Tepper's Clinical Radiation Oncology

by Sonja Dieterich PhD, MBA, FAAPM, Eric Ford PhD, FAAPM, Daniel Pavord BS, MS, Jing Zeng MD

Overview

Perfect for radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and residents in both fields, Practical Radiation Oncology Physics provides a concise and practical summary of the current practice standards in therapeutic medical physics. A companion to the fourth edition of Clinical Radiation Oncology, by Drs. Leonard Gunderson and Joel Tepper, this indispensable guide helps you ensure a current, state-of-the art clinical practice.

• Covers key topics such as relative and in-vivo dosimetry, imaging and clinical imaging, stereotactic body radiation therapy, and brachytherapy.
• Describes technical aspects and patient-related aspects of current clinical practice.
• Offers key practice guideline recommendations from professional societies throughout — including AAPM, ASTRO, ABS, ACR, IAEA, and others.
• Includes therapeutic applications of x-rays, gamma rays, electron and charged particle beams, neutrons, and radiation from sealed radionuclide sources, plus the equipment associated with their production, use, measurement, and evaluation.
• Features a "For the Physician" box in each chapter, which summarizes the key points with the most impact on the quality and safety of patient care.
• Provides a user-friendly appendix with annotated compilations of all relevant recommendation documents.
• Includes an enhanced Expert Consult eBook with open-ended questions, ideal for self-assessment and highlighting key points from each chapter. Download and search all of the text, figures, and references on any mobile device.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323262095
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	08/21/2015
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 12.30(h) x 1.80(d)

Table of Contents

PART I Building Blocks

1. Reference dosimetry for ionizing radiation

2. Relative dosimetry for MV beams

3. In-vivo dosimetry

4. Quality assurance and commissioning of new radiotherapy technology

5. Quality assurance of radiotherapy dose calculations

6. Immobilization techniques in radiotherapy

7. Image guidance and localization technologies for radiotherapy

8. Brachytherapy

9. Proton radiotherapy

10. Radiation safety and shielding in radiotherapy

11. Information Technology in Radiation Oncology

12. Quality and safety improvement in radiation oncology

PART II Clinical Applications

13. Simulation for radiotherapy treatment planning

14. Treatment planning quality metrics

15. The use of electrons for external beam radiotherapy

16. IMRT and VMAT

17. SRS and SBRT

18. Clinical aspects of image guidance and localization in radiotherapy

19. Respiratory motion management for external beam radiotherapy 

20. Intracavitary Brachytherapy

21. Interstitial Brachytherapy

22. Prostate seed implant

23. Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT)

24. Special Procedures

Appendix I Resource Documents

Appendix II Glossary

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The essential companion to Clinical Radiation Oncology.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Sotirios Stathakis, Ph.D.(University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio)
Description: For the last few years, technological advances in radiation oncology have led to new methodologies for more sophisticated and complex treatments, which in turn have increased the demand for guidance during initial implementation and ongoing quality assurance. Covering practical medical physics in a distilled, informative manner, this book devotes the first 12 chapters to the technical aspects of medical physics and the second 12 chapters to clinical treatment modalities.
Purpose: The intent of the book is to promote safe and effective patient treatment while providing current background and recommendations for best practices in the field. The four authors manage to summarize the most important points and recommendations from society reports and high impact papers while including suggestions from their own clinical experience.
Audience: The primary audience is medical physicists and radiation oncologists. The book is also a great reference for radiation oncologists, radiation dosimetrists, therapists, and administrators who wish to get a deeper understanding of a specific topic. It can be valuable to medical physics residents, doctorates of medical physics, and junior physicists beginning medical physics rotations.
Features: The first part of the book covers topics ranging from dosimetry and quality assurance to information technology and quality and safety improvement. The second part discusses clinical topics such as patient simulation, treatment planning, IMRT, SBRT, and special procedures. One of the best features is the "for the physician" section at the end of each chapter, which provides a good clinical perspective of the physics reviewed in the chapter. The authors summarize the most important points so physicians are aware of the physics aspects, what they should check, and how. Another helpful feature is the tabulated format used to present the major recommendations of each task group and comparison charts between reports on the same topic, e.g. AAPM TG51 vs. IAEA TRS-398 vs. DIN 6800-2. Furthermore, the authors present detailed procedures for physics tasks that are easy to follow and not available in textbooks in this field. Finally, the tables are very helpful and the figures are of very high quality.
Assessment: This comprehensive book closes the gap between the textbook and clinical practice. It answers the questions that physicists might initially have when trying to implement a new program, a new procedure, etc. The book will be a great reference for medical physics residents and junior physicists, as well as for physicists who are about to implement a new procedure. Medical residents can use the book to gain insights into the physics aspects of treatments. The authors have managed to distill the most important, currently available information to create a truly practical book on radiation oncology physics. This will be a valuable book for the radiation oncology team.

Doody's Review Service

"This comprehensive book closes the gap between the textbook and clinical practice. It answers the questions that physicists might initially have when trying to implement a new program, a new procedure, etc. The book will be a great reference for medical physics residents and junior physicists, as well as for physicists who are about to implement a new procedure. Medical residents can use the book to gain insights into the physics aspects of treatments. The authors have managed to distill the most important, currently available information to create a truly practical book on radiation oncology physics. This will be a valuable book for the radiation oncology team."

-Sotirios Stathakis, PhD (University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio) Doody’s Score: 98 – 5 Stars

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