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Proton and Heavy Ion Radiation Therapy
Radiation Dose and Second Cancers
Radiation Oncology Informatics
General Concepts and Methods
Advanced Technologies in the Radiotherapy Clinic: System Fundamentals
A Typical Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Treatment Planning System
Target Localization and Image Guidance
Controversies in the Adoption of New Healthcare Technologies
Health Technology Assessment
Payment Policy Development: Past and Present Realities, and Future Uncertainties
Cost-Effectiveness Methodologies, Implications in an Era of Value-Based Purchasing
IMRT: Advances in Treatment Design and Delivery
Clinical Implementation of Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy
Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy: Basic Concepts
Why Rotational Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy?
Commercial Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy Solutions
Clinical Implementation of Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy
IGRT: Advances in Targeting Therapy
4D Imaging and 4D Radiation Therapy: A New Era of Therapy Design and Delivery
Impact of Breathing Motion on Images
Impact of Breathing Motion during Treatments
Methods to Account for Breathing Motion
Locating and Targeting Moving Tumors with Radiation Beams
How Do We Locate the Moving Target?
How Do We Hit a Moving Target?
How Do We Create Integrated Systems to Locate and Hit Moving Targets?
Integrating IMRT and IGRT into Treatment Delivery
Technologies of Image Guidance and the Development of Advanced Linear Accelerator Systems for Radiotherapy
Technologies to Meet the Goals of Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
Image Guidance Systems and Procedures
Cone-Beam CT for Linac-Based Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
Image Guidance: Meeting Future Needs
HelicalTomotherapy: Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiotherapy
Clinical Applications of Helical Tomotherapy
Daily Megavoltage-Based CT Imaging
Dose Evaluation and Adaptive Radiotherapy
The CyberKnife in Clinical Use: Current Roles, Future Expectations
Advances in CyberKnife Treatment Planning and Dose Delivery
Current Clinical Applications of CyberKnife
Image Guidance and the New Practice of Radiotherapy: What to Know and Use from a Decade of Investigation
The Rationale for Image-Guided Radiation Therapy: Perspectives on the Current Practice of Radiotherapy
Challenges in Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
Clinical Applications of Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
Intensity-Modulated and Image-Guided Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancers
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy/Image-Guided Radiation Therapy Planning for Head and Neck Cancers
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Oropharyngeal Carcinomas
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
Delineating Neck Targets for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy of Head and Neck Cancer
Tumor and Target Volumes in the Neck
Target Doses and Techniques
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
Motion Management and Image Guidance for Thoracic Tumor Radiotherapy: Clinical Treatment Programs
Practical Strategies for Managing Respiratory Motion
Case Example: Clinical Procedures for Respiratory Gating
Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer: Advances in Whole and Partial Breast Treatment
Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and the Goals of Breast Radiotherapy
Improving Dose Homogeneity
Avoidance of Organs at Risk
Clinical Treatment Planning
Partial Breast Radiotherapy
Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and Partial Breast Irradiation
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
Image-Guided Radiotherapy Strategies in Upper Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Immobilization and Motion Management in Upper Abdominal Malignancies
Image-Guided Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer
Image-Guided Radiotherapy for Liver Cancer
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
Radiotherapy Planning for the Lymphomas: Expanding Roles for Biologic Imaging
Radiation Therapy Planning
Clinical Trials Utilizing PET
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
Image-Guided, Adaptive Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer: Toward New Standards of Radiotherapy Practice
Prostate Radiotherapy: A Model for Adaptive Image-Guided Radiotherapy
Dosimetric Impact of Motion in Prostate Radiotherapy
Solutions to Motion and Deformation in Prostate Image-Guided Radiotherapy
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
The Expanding Roles of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Oligofractionation: Toward a New Practice of Radiotherapy
The Radiobiology of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Applications
Future Directions for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: Normal Tissue and Tumor Control Effects with Large Dose per Fraction
Modeling the Survival Curve
Biologically Equivalent Dose
Organ/Tissue Function and Microscopic Architecture
Serially Functioning Tissue Macroscopic Architecture
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Ablation
Normal Tissue Consequences of Ablative Dose Delivery
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Thoracic Cancers: Recommendations for Patient Selection, Setup and Therapy
Prospective Testing of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
A Guide to Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: Procedures and Practice
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancers
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Hepatic Malignancies
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Current Results of a Phase II Trial
Phase II Trial for Hypofractionated Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer
Guidelines for Clinical Care
Techniques and Technologies
Proton Therapy: Clinical Gains through Current and Future Treatment Programs
The State of the Art in Proton Therapy
Current and Future Developments in Clinical Proton Technology
Conclusions: Future Proton Technologies
Medical Applications and Advances
Proton Therapy in the Clinic
Protons: Clinical Advantages and Special Concerns
Proton Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
Issues in the Utilization of Proton Radiotherapy
Protons: Clinical Experience
Protons: How User Friendly?
Protons: Current Challenges
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
IMRT, IGRT, SBRT
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