Medical Imaging in Radiation Therapy

 

Table of Contents

 

• 1 Radiotherapy: Past and Present
• 2 Radiation therapy in Hungary
• 3 Treatment planning in teletherapy
• 4 Teletherapy Equipment
  • 4.1 X-Ray Therapy
  • 4.2 Linear accelerator
  • 4.3 Other types of accelerators.
  • 4.4 Cobalt unit for teletherapy
• 5 Beam Modification devices in Radiotherapy
  • 5.1 Wedge
  • 5.2 Shilding
  • 5.3 Multileaf collimator
• 6 Imaging in Radiotherapy
  • 6.1 Patient set-up and fixation
  • 6.2 CT Imaging for Treatment Planning
  • 6.3 Simulation of the radiotherapy process
• 7 Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
  • 7.1 IMRT Techniques
  • 7.2 Radiation treatment planning for IMRT
  • 7.3 Quality assurance for IMRT
  • 7.4 The Clinical Application of IMRT
• 8 Image Guided Radiation Therapy
  • 8.1 Technical Possibilities of IGRT
  • 8.2 Irradiation of Moving Target Volume
  • 8.3 Systematic and Random Errors
  • 8.4 Image Registration Procedures
  • 8.5 Protocols for Correction
• 9 Quality Improvement of Patient Care in Radiotherapy
  • 9.1 Dosimetric Control with Thermoluminescent Dosimetry (TLD)
  • 9.2 Dosimetric Control with Diode
  • 9.3 Portal Film Dosimetry
  • 9.4 Electronic Portal Imaging Devices
• 10 Radiation Sources and Devices in Brachytherapy

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