Khan’s The Physics of Radiation Therapy

A vital reference for the entire radiation oncology team, Khan’s The Physics of Radiation Therapy thoroughly covers the physics and practical clinical applications of advanced radiation therapy technologies. Dr. John Gibbons carries on the tradition established by Dr. Khan in previous editions, ensuring that the 6th Edition provides state-of-the-art information for radiation oncologists, medical physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and residents alike. This updated classic remains the most practical radiation therapy physics text available, offering an ideal balance between theory and clinical application.

• Includes new quality conversion factors and procedures for calibration of flattening filter free linacs; new recommendations for Monitor Unit Calculations and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis; a new addition of the Boltzman Transport calculation algorithm, and new optical surface and magnetic resonance image-guided technologies.
• Contains a new chapter on knowledge-based treatment planning.
• Covers 3D conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), high dose-rate remote afterloaders (HDR), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), and proton beam therapy.
• Discusses the physical concepts underlying treatment planning, treatment delivery, and dosimetry.

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Table of Contents:

Cover

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Preface to the First Edition

PART I Basic Physics

1 Structure of Matter

2 Nuclear Transformations

3 Production of X-rays

4 Clinical Radiation Generators

5 Interactions of Ionizing Radiation

6 Measurement of Ionizing Radiation

7 Quality of X-ray Beams

8 Measurement of Absorbed Dose

PART II Classical Radiation Therapy

9 Dose Distribution and Scatter Analysis

10 A System of Dosimetric Calculations

11 Treatment Planning I: Isodose Distributions

12 Treatment Planning II: Patient Data Acquisition, Treatment Verification, and Inhomogeneity Corrections

13 Treatment Planning III: Field Shaping, Skin Dose, and Field Separation

14 Electron Beam Therapy

15 Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy: Rules of Implantation and Dose Specification

16 Radiation Protection

17 Quality Assurance

18 Total Body Irradiation

PART III Modern Radiation Therapy

19 Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy

20 Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy

21 Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery

22 Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

23 High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy

24 Prostate Implants: Technique, Dosimetry, and Treatment Planning

25 Intravascular Brachytherapy

26 Image-Guided Radiation Therapy

27 Proton Beam Therapy

28 Knowledge-Based Treatment Planning

Appendix