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Modern brachytherapy is one of the most important oncological treatment modalities requiring an integrated approach that utilizes new technologies, advanced clinical imaging facilities, and a thorough understanding of the radiobiological effects on different tissues, the principles of physics, dosimetry techniques and protocols, and clinical expert
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Innovations in Brachytherapy
Chapter 2 - Standard Technology in Brachytherapy
Chapter 3 - Radionuclides in Brachytherapy: Current and Potential New Sources
Chapter 4 - Quality Assurance of Equipment
Chapter 5 - Source Calibration
Chapter 6 - Experimental Dosimetry Methods
Chapter 7 - Computational Methods for Dosimetric Characterization of Brachytherapy Sources
Chapter 8 - Historical Development of Predictive Dosimetry “Systems”
Chapter 9 - Two-, Three-, and Four-Dimensional Brachytherapy
Chapter 10 - TG-43 Dose Calculation Formalism: Development, Insights, and Modernization
Chapter 11 - On the Introduction of Model-Based Algorithms Performing Nonwater Heterogeneity Correct
Chapter 12 - Optimization and Evaluation
Chapter 13 - Quality Management of Treatment Planning
Chapter 14 - Practical Use, Limitations, and Quality Control of Imaging in Brachytherapy
Chapter 15 - Uncertainties Associated with Brachytherapy Source Calibrations and Dose Calculations
Chapter 16 - Uncertainties Associated with Clinical Aspects of Brachytherapy
Chapter 17 - Margin Concepts in Image- Guided Brachytherapy
Chapter 18 - Clinical Use of Brachytherapy
Chapter 19 - Radiobiology for Brachytherapy
Chapter 20 - Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
Chapter 21 - Brachytherapy for Gynecologic Cancers
Chapter 22 - Brachytherapy for Breast Cancer
Chapter 23 - Brachytherapy for Other Treatment Sites
Chapter 24 - Developments in Gynecologic Brachytherapy Dose Recording and Reporting: From ICRU Repor
Chapter 25 - In Vivo Dosimetry in Brachytherapy
Chapter 26 - Special Brachytherapy Modalities
Chapter 27 - Advanced Brachytherapy Technologies: Encapsulation, Ultrasound, and Robotics
Chapter 28 - Intraoperative Brachytherapy
Chapter 29 - Radiation Protection in Brachytherapy
Chapter 30 - New Paradigm for Quality Management in Brachytherapy
Chapter 31 - Quality Audits in Brachytherapy
Chapter 32 - Expert Training in Brachytherapy
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