Spatially Fractionated, Microbeam and Flash Radiation Therapy A physics and multi-disciplinary approach

This textbook is a comprehensive review of the physics of heterogeneous radiation and is linked, through a multidisciplinary approach, to clinical applications and biological considerations of heterogenous radiation. Fundamental principles of Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy (SFRT), techniques and technologies, dosimetric properties of SFRT, planning methods, documentation, standardized reporting metrics and clinical practice recommendations are comprehensively reviewed. The current status and results of clinical patient studies are presented, which have the potential to advance the management of bulky and advanced tumors. Potential biological underpinnings are reviewed that may challenge the current radiobiological understanding of radiation response and radiation therapy design parameters. Such multidisciplinary understanding is a critical foundation as the field of heterogeneous radiation rapidly advances in technological development and clinical investigation.
Key Features

• GRID collimator- and MLC-based GRID therapy
• 3D Lattice radiation therapy
• FLASH radiation therapy
• Minibeam and microbeam therapy
• Proton beam GRID therapy
• SFRT dose prescription
• GRID and Lattice therapy plan evaluation and documentation
• Clinical applications of SFRT and patient outcomes
• Monte Carlo simulation techniques of SFRT
• Practical applications and procedures (where appropriate)
• Biological correlations and potential biological underpinnings
• Immune phenomena in SFRT

Product details

• Assisted by: Hualin (Associate Professor Zhang (Editor), Nina (Professor Mayr (Editor), Nina Mayr (Editor), Hualin Zhang (Editor)
• Authors: Nina Mayr, Hualin Zhang
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.08.2022
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine
• EAN: 9780750340441
• ISBN: 978-0-7503-4044-1
• Pages: 436
• Illustrations: With figures in colour and black and white; 100 Illustrations
• Dimensions (packing): 26.5 x 18.5 x 3.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 998 g
• Series: IOP ebooks; IPEM-IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology
• Subjects: MEDICAL / Oncology; Medical / Nursing