Proton radiotherapy accelerators [[electronic resource] /] / Wioletta Wieszczycka, Waldemar H. Scharf

• Autore: Wieszczycka Wioletta
• Pubblicazione: River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.842
• Soggetto topico: Proton accelerators; Radiotherapy, High energy - Equipment and supplies; Particles (Nuclear physics)
• Altri autori: ScharfWaldemar
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ; 1.1 Cancer and Radiation Therapy ; 1.2 Historical Development of Radiation Therapy ; 1.3 Modern Tools for Conventional Radiotherapy ; 1.3.1 Main Parameters of Conventional Therapy Beams ; 1.3.2 Elements of Conventional Accelerator System ; 1.3.3 Reasons for Development of Non-conventional Radiotherapies1.4 Glossary ; 1.4.1 Beam Intensity ; 1.4.2 Beam Range in an Absorbing Medium ; 1.4.3 Bragg Peak Modulation ; 1.4.4 Range Adjustment ; 1.4.5 Radiation Field ; 1.4.6 Field Homogeneity on a Transverse Section ; 1.4.7 Homogeneity Region in a Plane Orthogonal to the Beam Direction 1.4.8 Field Homogeneity along the Beam Axis ; 1.4.9 Field Symmetry ; 1.4.10 Lateral Penumbra ; 1.4.11 Distal Dose Fall-off ; CHAPTER 2 PHYSICAL AND RADIOBIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF HADRONS ; 2.1 Basic Facts in Radiotherapy 2.1.1 Dose-Effects Curves ; 2.1.2 RBE Dependence on LET and OER ; 2.2 An Introduction to Hadrontherapy ; 2.3 Energy Loss ; 2.3.1 Nuclear Energy Loss ; 2.3.2 Electronic Energy Loss ; 2.3.3 Range and Bragg Curves ; 2.3.4 Track Formation and Radial Dose Distribution 2.4 Interaction of Hadrons with Biological Matter ; 2.4.1 Cellular Organization and the Target of Radiation Action ; 2.4.2 Hadrons' Track in Biological Matter ; 2.4.3 RBE of Hadrons ; 2.4.4 Fractionation and Oxygen Effect ; CHAPTER 3 STATUS OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PROTONTHERAPY
• Sommario/riassunto: Hadronic radiotherapy uses particle beams to treat tumors located near critical body structures and tumors that respond poorly to conventional photon and electron beam radiotherapy. Initial research in hadronic radiotherapy was performed using accelerators built for physics research. The good results of the proton and ion therapy programs have enhanced the tendency to use protontherapy as a routine method. There are about 20 working protontherapy facilities (first, second and third generation) and more than 30 centers are planned. This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the fi
• Titolo autorizzato: Proton radiotherapy accelerators
• ISBN: 1-281-96066-7; 9786611960667; 981-281-164-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782391703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II