Extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery /

Extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery / edited by Ben J. Slotman, Timothy Solberg, Dirk Verellen. - Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2006. - xi, 328 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
1.Introduction

2. The ELEKTA stereotactic body frame
Introduction
system description
Accuracy of patient and target reproductivity in the SBF
Treatment planning and delivery

3 .Novalis
Introduction
system Description
Patient Positioning
verification and clinical validation

4. Whole Body Radiosurgery with the cyberknife
System description and operation
patient immoblization and Aligment
Treatment planning

6. Anatomical and biological imaging
Introduction
Appropriate selection of patients
General principle of target definition
generating representative planning CT scans
Introduction: Clinical radiology as a four dimension problem
Radiobiology problem along the temporal Domain
From temporal problem to spatial consideration
Radiobiology problem along the spatial DOmain

8. stereotactic radiation therapy of liver tumors
introduction
incidence
The role of stereotactic body radiation therapy
organ specific difficulties

9.stereotactic Radiotherapy of lung tumors
Introduction
Lung metastases
Radiobiology
Radiation tolernce of plumonary tissues

10.Prostate tumors
The TEKNON experince
introduction and reationale
Hyprofractionated boost with intensity modualted

11. ESCRT for spinal tumors
Introduction and clinical indications
Techniques for spinal radiosurgery
clinical applications and outcomes

12. stereotactic radiotherapy of Head and Neck tumors
Introduction
Background
Technique and indications Incidence



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Cancer--Radiotherapy.
Stereotaxic techniques.
Head and Neck Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
Radiosurgery--methods.

WN 250 E9694 2006 / E9694 2006