Linear Accelerators for Radiation Therapy

List of contents

General description of a linear accelerator and its component systems. Basic processes in electron acceleration - the accelerating waveguide. The microwave system and its high voltage supplies. The vacuum, cooling and ancillary systems. The electron beam (its production and transport). The treatment head. The dose monitoring and control system. Beam direction and beam shaping devices. Mechanical systems. Control and interlock systems. Treatment verification. Specification, performance and calibration. Radiation protection and room design. Accelerator operation. Simulators and tomographic scanners. Contemporary developments.

About the author

David Greene, P.C Williams

Summary

Focuses on the fundamentals of accelerator systems, explaining the underlying physics and the different features of these systems. This book covers the treatment head, x-ray production via multileaf and dynamic collimation for the production of wedged and other intensity modulated beams, electron scattering systems, and dosimetry.

Product details

• Authors: David Greene, David (Christie Hospital Greene, David (Greene Associates Greene, David Williams Greene, P.C Williams, Peter C Williams
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138429512
• ISBN: 978-1-138-42951-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics