59340

edited by Harald Paganetti

Second Edition

CRC Press Boca Raton, FL

c2018

xx, 684 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering

"A Taylor & Francis book." , Includes bibliographical references and index , 1. Proton therapy : history and rationale / Harald Paganetti -- 2. Physics of proton interactions in matter / Bernard Gottschalk -- 3. Proton accelerators / Marco Schippers -- 4. Characteristics of clinical proton beams / Hsiao-Ming Lu and Jacob Flanz -- 5. Beam delivery using passive scattering / Roelf Slopsema -- 6. Particle beam scanning / Jacob Flanz -- 7. Dosimetry / Hugo Palmans -- 8. Quality assurance and commissioning / Zuofeng Li [and others] -- 9. Monte Carlo simulations / Harald Paganetti -- 10. Physics of treatment planning for single-field uniform dose / Martijn Engelsman -- 11. Physics of treatment planning using scanned beams / Antony Lomax -- 12. Dose calculation algorithms / Benjamin Clasie, Harald Paganetti, and Hanne M. Kooy -- 13. Precision and uncertainties in proton therapy for nonmoving targets / Jatinder R. Palta and Daniel K. Yeung -- 14. Precision and uncertainties in proton therapy for moving targets / Martijn Engelsman and Christoph Bert -- 15. Treatment-planning optimization / Alexei V. Trofimov, Jan H. Unkelbach, and David Craft -- 16. In vivo dose verification / Katia Parodi -- 17. Basic aspects of shielding / Nisy Elizabeth Ipe -- 18. Late effects from scattered and secondary radiation / Harold Paganetti -- 19. The physics of proton biology / Harald Paganetti -- 20. Fully exploiting the benefits of protons : using risk models for normal tissue complications in treatment optimization / Peter van Luijk and Marco Schippers.

AU Paganetti, Harald , SE Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering 20

RM

862

.P76P765

2018