Treatment planning in the radiation therapy of cancer
Book
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OSTI ID:6170813
This book provides an overview of aspects involved in the most advanced radiotherapy techniques, and examines in detail their application in planning and delivering optimal treatments in a large number of different forms of cancer. Coverage is given to squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, carcinoma of the lung, breast cancer, cancers of the genitourinary system, tumors of the central nervous system, cancer of the esophagus, pancreas, stomach and rectum, soft tissue sarcomas, pediatric radiotherapy, Hodgkin's disease, and finally non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. A general discussion concludes the text.
- OSTI ID:
- 6170813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CORRELATIONS
DAILY VARIATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DOSIMETRY
FRACTIONATION
IMAGE PROCESSING
IRRADIATION
MEDICINE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
OPTIMIZATION
PLANNING
PROCESSING
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THERAPY
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
VARIATIONS
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CORRELATIONS
DAILY VARIATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DOSIMETRY
FRACTIONATION
IMAGE PROCESSING
IRRADIATION
MEDICINE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
OPTIMIZATION
PLANNING
PROCESSING
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THERAPY
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
VARIATIONS