ABSTRACT

Image-Guided Radiation Therapy presents key image-guided radiation treatment (IGRT) technologies for external beam radiotherapy. The book explores the decades-long technological developments that have occurred in the realm of image-guided conformal, customized radiation treatment. Expert authors, all of whom have actively participated in the develo

chapter 1|12 pages

Optical and Remote Monitoring IGRT

BySanford L. Meeks, Twyla R. Willoughby, Katja M. Langen, Patrick A. Kupelian

chapter 2|14 pages

Ultrasound-Guided Radiation Therapy

ByJanelle A. Molloy

chapter 3|16 pages

In-Room CT System for IGRT

ByJames R. Wong, Minoru Uematsu, Zhanrong Gao

chapter 4|28 pages

Megavoltage Fan Beam CT IGRT

ByGustavo Hugo Olivera and omas Rockwell Mackie

chapter 5|40 pages

Kilovoltage Cone-Beam CT Guidance of Radiation Therapy

ByJerey H. Siewerdsen and Jan-Jakob Sonke

chapter 6|20 pages

Megavoltage Cone-Beam IGRT

ByOlivier Morin, Jean Pouliot

chapter 7|16 pages

Kilovoltage X-Ray IMRT and IGRT

ByHiroki Shirato, Masayori Ishikawa, Shinichi Shimizu, Gerard Bengua, Ken Sutherland, Rikiya Onimaru, Hidefumi Aoyama

chapter 8|10 pages

Kilovoltage Radiography for Robotic Linac IGRT

ByMartin J. Murphy

chapter 9|18 pages

Respiratory-Correlated CT

ByCarnell J. Hampton

chapter 10|12 pages

4D PET/CT in Radiotherapy

BySadek A. Nehmeh, Yusuf E. Erdi

chapter 11|16 pages

On-Board Digital Tomosynthesis: An Emerging New Technology for Image-Guided Radiation Therapy

ByQ. Jackie Wu, Devon Godfrey, Lei Ren, Sua Yoo, Fang-Fang Yin

chapter 12|33 pages

Image Registration and Segmentation in Radiation Therapy

ByMichael B. Sharpe, Michael Velec, Kristy K. Brock