#37 Principles and Practice of Proton Beam Therapy, AAPM Monograph, 2015 Summer School
Author: Indra J. Das and Harald Paganetti, EditorsISBN: 9781936366439
Published: June 2015 | 828 pp. | Hardcover
Price: $ 145.00
Table of Contents
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PROTON BEAM THERAPY
2015 AAPM Summer School
INTRODUCTIONChapter 1
Introduction and History of Proton Therapy
Indra J. Das and Harald Paganetti
Chapter 2
The Practicing Clinician's Perspective on Proton Beam Therapy
Anthony Zietman
Chapter 3
Proton Beam Interactions: Basic
Hugo Palmans
Chapter 4
Proton Beam Interactions: Clinical
Indra J. Das, Alejandro Mazal, Ludovic De Marzi, and Vadim Moskvin
Chapter 5
Proton Relative Biological Effectiveness
Harald Paganetti
TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 6
Proton Beam Production and Dose Delivery Techniques
Marco Schippers
Chapter 7
Imaging for Proton Therapy
Katja Langen, Jerimy Polf, and Reinhard Schulte
Chapter 8
Field Shaping: Scattered Beam
Alejandro Mazal, Annalisa Patriarca, Claas Wessels, and Indra J. Das
Chapter 9
Field Shaping: Scanning Beam
X. Ronald Zhu, Falk Poenisch, Heng Li, Xiaodong Zhang,Narayan Sahoo, and Michael Gillin
Chapter 10
Secondary Radiation Production and Shielding for Proton Therapy Facilities
Nisy Elizabeth Ipe and C. Sunil
DOSIMETRY
Chapter 11
Detector Systems
Stanislav Vatnitsky and Hugo Palmans
Chapter 12
Dosimetry and Beam Calibration
Hugo Palmans and Stanislav Vatnitsky
ACCPETANCE AND COMMISSIONING
Chapter 13
Acceptance Testing of Proton Therapy Systems
Jonathan B. Farr and Jon J. Kruse
Chapter 14
Clinical Commissioning of Proton Beam
Lei Dong
OPERATION
Chapter 15
Quality Assurance, Part 1: Machine Quality Assurance
Bijan Arjomandy
Chapter 16
Quality Assurance, Part 2: Patient-specific Quality Assurance
Bijan Arjomandy, Mark Pankuch, and Brian Winey
Chapter 17
Proton Therapy Workflow
Martijn Engelsman, Juliane Daartz, and James E. McDonough
TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY
Chapter 18
Immobilization and Simulation
Jon J. Kruse
Chapter 19
Dose Calculations for Proton Beam Therapy: Semi-empirical Analytical Methods
Radhe Mohan, X. Ronald Zhu, and Harald Paganetti
Chapter 20
Dose Calculations for Proton Beam Therapy: Monte Carlo
Harald Paganetti, Jan Schuemann, and Radhe Mohan
Chapter 21
Uncertainties in Proton Therapy: Their Impact and Management
Radhe Mohan and Narayan Sahoo
Chapter 22
Treatment Plan Optimization in Proton Therapy
Jan Unkelbach, David Craft, Bram L. Gorissen, and Thomas Bortfeld
Chapter 23
Treatment Planning for Passive Scattering Proton Therapy
Heng Li, Annelise Giebeler, Lei Dong, Xiaodong Zhang, Falk Poenisch, Narayan Sahoo, Michael T. Gillin, and X. Ronald Zhu
Chapter 24
Treatment Planning for Pencil Beam Scanning
Tony Lomax, Alessandra Bolsi, Francesca Albertini, and Damien Weber
Chapter 25
Motion Management
Antje Knopf and Shinichiro Mori
Chapter 26
Monitor Unit (MU) Calculation
Timothy C. Zhu, Haibo Lin, and Jiajian Shen
SPECIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 27
Small Field Dosimetry: SRS and Eyes
Brian Winey and Marc Bussiere
Chapter 28
In Vivo Dosimetry for Proton Therapy
Narayan Sahoo, Archana Singh Gautam, Falk Poenisch, X. Ronald Zhu, Heng Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Richard Wu, Sam Beddar, and Michael T. Gillin
APPENDIX
Nomenclature and Terminology in Proton Therapy
Radhe Mohan and Harald Paganetti