"This comprehensive book covers the everyday use and underlying principles of radiation dosimeters used in radiation oncology clinics. It provides an up-to-date reference spanning the full range of current modalities with emphasis on practical know-how. The main audience is medical physicists, radiation oncology physics residents, and medical physics graduate students. The reader gains the necessary tools for determining which detector is best for a given application. Dosimetry of cutting edge techniquesfrom radiosurgery to MRI-guided systems to small fields and proton therapy are all addressed. Main topics include fundamentals of radiation dosimeters, brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy dosimetry, and dosimetry of imaging modalities. Comprised of 30 chapters authored by leading experts in the medical physics community, the book: Covers the basic principles and practical use of radiation dosimeters in radiation oncology clinics across the full range of current modalities. Focuses on providing practical guidance for those using these detectors in the clinic. Explains which detector is more suitable for a particular application. Discusses the state of the art in radiotherapy approaches, from radiosurgery and MR-guided systems to advanced range verification techniques in proton therapy. Gives critical comparisons of dosimeters for photon, electron, and proton therapies"--
This comprehensive book covers the everyday use and underlying principles of radiation dosimeters used in radiation oncology clinics. It provides an up-to-date reference spanning the full range of current modalities with emphasis on practical know-how. The main audience is medical physicists, radiation oncology physics residents, and medical physics graduate students. The reader gains the necessary tools for determining which detector is best for a given application. Dosimetry of cutting edge techniques from radiosurgery to MRI-guided systems to small fields and proton therapy are all addressed. Main topics include fundamentals of radiation dosimeters, brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy dosimetry, and dosimetry of imaging modalities. Comprised of 30 chapters authored by leading experts in the medical physics community, the book:
- Covers the basic principles and practical use of radiation dosimeters in radiation oncology clinics across the full range of current modalities.
- Focuses on providing practical guidance for those using these detectors in the clinic.
- Explains which detector is more suitable for a particular application.
- Discusses the state of the art in radiotherapy approaches, from radiosurgery and MR-guided systems to advanced range verification techniques in proton therapy.
- Gives critical comparisons of dosimeters for photon, electron, and proton therapies.
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"The rapid rate of developments and innovations in the field of radiotherapy currently in 2021 requires medical physicists to take stock of existing knowledge and link it to current and future directions. [ This book] accepts this challenge. . . . [ It] is indeed a 'Practical Handbook' for Radiotherapy Dosimetry in the 2020s and a valuable resource for up-to-date teaching of the next generation of radiotherapy physicists."
Margaret Moore, Head of Radiotherapy Physics at University Hospital Galway, in European Medical Physics News, Autumn 2021 (pg 37)
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Part I Radiation Dosimeters and Dosimetry Techniques |
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Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Radiation Physics and Dosimetry |
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Chapter 4 Semiconductor Dosimeters |
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Chapter 6 Thermoluminescence Dosimetry |
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Chapter 7 Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosimeters in Clinical Practice |
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Chapter 8 EPID-Based Dosimetry |
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Chapter 9 Scintillation Fiber Optic Dosimetry |
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Chapter 10 Cherenkov and Scintillation Imaging Dosimetry |
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Chapter 11 Clinical Considerations and Dosimeters for In Vivo Dosimetry |
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Chapter 12 Dosimeters and Devices for IMRT QA |
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Chapter 13 Area and Individual Radiation Monitoring |
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Chapter 14 Monte Carlo Techniques in Medical Physics |
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Chapter 15 Brachytherapy Dosimetry |
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Chapter 16 Photon Beam Dosimetry of Conventional Medical Linear Accelerators |
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Chapter 17 Dosimetric Considerations with Flattening Filter-Free Beams |
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Chapter 18 Linac-Based SRS/SBRT Dosimetry |
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Chapter 19 CyberKnife and ZAP-X Dosimetry |
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Chapter 20 Dosimetry in the Presence of Magnetic Fields |
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Chapter 21 Helical Tomotherapy Treatment and Dosimetry |
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Chapter 22 Gamma Knife Dosimetry |
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Chapter 23 Kilovoltage X-Ray Beam Dosimetry |
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Chapter 24 Electron Dosimetry |
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Chapter 25 Proton Therapy Dosimetry |
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Chapter 26 Ion Range and Dose Monitoring with Positron Emission Tomography |
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Chapter 27 Prompt Gamma Detection for Proton Range Verification |
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Chapter 28 Acoustic-Based Proton Range Verification |
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Chapter 29 Proton Radiography and Proton Computed Tomography |
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Chapter 30 Dosimetry of Imaging Modalities in Radiotherapy |
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Arash Darafsheh, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Radiation Oncology, a certified medical physicist by the American Board of Radiology (ABR), and the PI of the Optical Imaging and Dosimetry Lab at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Optical Science and Engineering, and an M.Sc. in Radiation Medicine Engineering. His current research interests include optical methods in medical physics, detector development for radiotherapy, ultra-high dose rate FLASH radiotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and super-resolution microscopy. He has served as a mentor for many graduate students, postdoctoral research fellows, and clinical residents. He has published over 90 journal and conference papers, six book chapters, and one patent. He has been awarded research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). He is a member of AAPM and senior member of the Optical Society of America (OSA) and SPIE-the international society for optics and photonics. He has served as an associate editor for Medical Physics and as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals.
