Ion Beam Therapy

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 From X-Rays to Ion Beams: A Short History of Radiation Therapy
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   Chapter 2 The Place of Ion Beams in Clinical Applications
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   Chapter 3 Socio-Economic Aspects of Ion Beam Therapy
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   Chapter 4 Physical and Biological Rationale for Using Ions in Therapy
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   Chapter 5 Early and Late Responses to Ion Irradiation
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   Chapter 6 The Impact of Radiation Quality on Cure Rate
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   Chapter 7 Monte Carlo Methods for Dose Calculations
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   Chapter 8 Modeling Heavy Ion Radiation Effects
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    Chapter 9 Preclinical Radiobiology and Predictive Assays
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    Chapter 10 Ocular Proton Therapy Centers
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    Chapter 11 Clinical Indications for Carbon Ion Radiotherapy and Radiation Therapy with Other Heavier Ions
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    Chapter 12 Skull Base Tumors
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    Chapter 13 Proton Therapy for Thoracoabdominal Tumors
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    Chapter 14 Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Peripheral Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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    Chapter 15 Ion Beam Therapy for Gynecological Tumors
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    Chapter 16 Is Prostate Cancer a Good Candidate for Ion Beam Therapy?
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    Chapter 17 Rationale for Proton Therapy in Pediatric Malignancies
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    Chapter 18 Tolerance of Normal Tissues to Ion Beam Therapy
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    Chapter 19 Design and Implementation of Clinical Trials of Ion Beam Therapy
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    Chapter 20 Design Criteria for Medical Accelerators
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    Chapter 21 Shielding and Radiation Protection in Ion Beam Therapy Facilities
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    Chapter 22 Commercial Ion Beam Therapy Systems
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    Chapter 23 Advantages and Challenges of Superconducting Accelerators
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    Chapter 24 All-in-One: An Attempt to Integrate the Full Potential of Proton Pencil Beam Scanning in a New Gantry System
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    Chapter 25 Beam Spreading Devices
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    Chapter 26 Dosimetry Techniques for Ion Beams
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    Chapter 27 Control and Safety Systems for Ion Beam Therapy
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    Chapter 28 Considerations for an Effective Quality Assurance Program for Proton Therapy
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    Chapter 29 Imaging and Tumor Localization for Ion Beam Therapy
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    Chapter 30 Treatment Planning for Ion Beam Therapy
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    Chapter 31 Online Irradiation Control by Means of PET
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    Chapter 32 Compensation of Target Motion
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    Chapter 33 Industrial Robots for Patient Support
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    Chapter 34 Twenty Years of Proton Radiation Therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center
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    Chapter 35 The Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center
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    Chapter 36 HIMAC: A New Start for Heavy Ions
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    Chapter 37 A National Action Plan in Japan: From Experimental Studies to Highly Advanced Medical Technology
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    Chapter 38 Operational and Training Issues Related to Facility Start-Up
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    Chapter 39 The Single-Room Ion Beam Facility
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    Chapter 40 Smaller – Lighter – Cheaper: New Technological Concepts in Proton Therapy
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    Chapter 41 New Facilities: Plans and Proposals
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    Chapter 42 Future Directions in Ion Beam Therapy