This classic full-color text helps the entire radiation therapy team--radiation oncologists, medical physicists, dosimetrists, and radiation therapistsdevelop a thorough understanding of 3D conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), high dose-rate remote afterloaders (HDR), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), and proton beam therapy, as well as the physical concepts underlying treatment planning, treatment delivery, and dosimetry.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Preface to the First Edition
• PART I BASIC PHYSICS
• 1 Structure of Matter
• 2 Nuclear Transformations
• 3 Production of X-Rays
• 4 Clinical Radiation Generators
• 5 Interactions of Ionizing Radiation
• 6 Measurement of Ionizing Radiation
• 7 Quality of X-ray Beams
• 8 Measurement of Absorbed Dose
• PART II CLASSICAL RADIATION THERAPY
• 9 Dose Distribution and Scatter Analysis
• 10 A System of Dosimetric Calculations
• 11 Treatment Planning I: Isodose Distributions
• 12 Treatment Planning II: Patient Data Acquisition, Treatment Verification, and Inhomogeneity Corrections
• 13 Treatment Planning III: Field Shaping, Skin Dose, and Field Separation
• 14 Electron Beam Therapy
• 15 Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy: Rules of Implantation and Dose Specification
• 16 Radiation Protection
• 17 Quality Assurance
• 18 Total Body Irradiation
• PART III MODERN RADIATION THERAPY
• 19 Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy
• 20 Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
• 21 Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery
• 22 Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
• 23 High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy
• 24 Prostate Implants: Technique, Dosimetry, and Treatment Planning
• 25 Intravascular Brachytherapy
• 26 Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
• 27 Proton Beam Therapy
• Appendix