Handbook of Image-Guided Brachytherapy

This handbook provides a clinically relevant, succinct, and comprehensive overview of image-guided brachytherapy. Throughout the last decade, the utility of image guidance in brachytherapy has increased to enhance procedural development, treatment planning, and radiation delivery in an effort to opt...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Mayadev, Jyoti (Editor), Benedict, Stanley H. (Editor), Kamrava, Mitchell (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Medicine.
Gynecology.
Radiotherapy.
Oncology.
Urology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319448275
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-44827-5
Physical DescriptionXVII, 622 p. 209 illus., 151 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Radiobiology and Physics of Image-Guided Brachytherapy
  • Radiobiology of Brachytherapy
  • General Physics Principles in Brachytherapy
  • Treatment Delivery Technology for Brachytherapy
  • Image Guidance Systems for Brachytherapy
  • Quality Assurance in Brachytherapy
  • Part II: Clinical Applications of Image-Guided Brachytherapy
  • Anesthesia and Procedural Care for Brachytherapy
  • Breast Brachytherapy
  • Eye Plaque Brachytherapy
  • Head and Neck Brachytherapy
  • Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Esophageal Cancer
  • Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Anal and Rectal Cancer
  • Image Guided LDR Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
  • High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
  • Gynecologic Cancer and HDR Brachytherapy: Cervical, Endometrial, Vaginal, Vulva
  • Skin Brachytherapy
  • Sarcoma and HDR Brachytherapy: Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
  • Image Guided BrachyAblation (IGBA) for Liver Metastases and Primary Liver Cancers
  • Central Nervous System Brachytherapy
  • Lung Brachytherapy.

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