Applied Physics for Radiation Oncology
Author: Robert Stanton & Donna StinsonISBN: 9780944838600 ISBN10: 094483860X
Published: 1996 | 375 pp |
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Radiation Therapist | Spring 1998
"The text is identified as 'an updated successor to An Introduction to Radiation Oncology Physics,' which was first published by Stanton and Stinson in 1992. This update follows the same objective the authors adhered to in the earlier text, which was 'to describe radiation therapy physics as it applied to the clinical practice of radiation therapists.' The authors continue in this edition to present the material in a sequence that builds on basic principles of physics and then progresses to applications in clinical practice.
"Many of the chapters have been extensively revised and updated. A new chapter, 'Clinical Application in Treatment Planning,' presents specific clinical problems and how they can be addressed. The techniques discussed in this chapter include mixed beams, tangents, field weighting, normalization, non-coplanar beams, threee-dimensional treatment planning and conformal treatment methods. Each chapter concludes with a set of problems, making student assignments readily available. Answers are provided in the appendix, offering readers a self-test.
"This update provides the radiation oncology community with a well-written and improved text that follows a clinically applicable approach to learning radiation physics. The subject matter is logically organized and the tables, figures and illustrations are highly informative.
"Radiation therapy program directors should seriously consider using this
text in their programs, and it also serves as a primer of applied radiation
physics for residents and dosimetrists. It would be a nice addition to any
radiation therapy department library."
George M. Uschold