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This book provides a comprehensive review of optical surface imaging systems and their applications to radiation therapy. It will be of use to practicing physicists, physicians, therapists, and trainees who wish to incorporate surface guided radiation therapy into their clinical practice.
List of contents
Contents
Preface, xi
Acknowledgments, xiii
Contributors, xv
Chapter 1 ◾ A History of Surface Guidance Methods in
Radiation Therapy 1
Jeremy D. P. Hoisak and Todd Pawlicki
Chapter 2 ◾ Safety and Quality Improvements with SGRT 25
Hania A. Al-Hallaq and Bill J. Salter
Chapter 3 ◾ Technical Overview and Features of the
C-RAD Catalyst™ and Sentinel™ Systems 51
Karl Rasmussen, Victoria Bry, and Nikos Papanikolaou
Chapter 4 ◾ Technical Overview and Features
of the Varian IDENTIFY ™ System 73
Raymond Schulz, Chris Huyghe, Lisa Hampton,
Delena Hanson, Michael stead, and Thomas Speck
Chapter 5 ◾ Technical Overview and Features
of the Vision RT AlignRT® System 95
Benjamin Waghorn
Chapter 6 ◾ Commissioning and Routine Quality
Assurance of the C-RAD Catalyst™
and Sentinel™ 4D-CT Systems 117
Alonso N. Gutierrez and Dennis N. Stanley
Chapter 7 ◾ Commissioning and Routine Quality
Assurance of the Varian IDENTIFY ™ System 137
Hui Zhao and Adam B. Paxton
Chapter 8 ◾ Commissioning and Routine Quality
Assurance of the Vision RT AlignRT® System 157
Guang Li
Chapter 9 ◾ Surface Guidance for Whole Breast
and Partial Breast: Technical Aspects 187
Laura Padilla
Chapter 10 ◾ Surface Guidance for Breast:
Deep Inspiration Breath Hold 209
Xiaoli Tang
Chapter 11 ◾ Breast Cancer Outcomes and Toxicity
Reduction with SGRT 227
Orit Kaidar-Person, Icro Meattini, Marianne C. Aznar, and
Philip Poortmans
Chapter 12 ◾ Surface Guidance for Stereotactic
Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy:
Technical Aspects 239
Laura Cerviño and Grace Gwe-Ya Kim
Chapter 13 ◾ Clinical Outcomes of Intracranial
Surface-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery 255
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Chapter 14 ◾ Risk Analysis for SGRT-Based SRS/SRT 269
Ryan Manger
Chapter 15 ◾ SBRT and Respiratory Motion Management
Strategies with Surface Guidance 279
Michael J. Tallhamer
Chapter 16 ◾ The Use of SGRT for SBRT without
Respiratory Gating 303
Ryan Foster and John Heinzerling
Chapter 17 ◾ Head and Neck 319
Bo Zhao
Chapter 18 ◾ Surface Image Guidance for Treatment
of Extremities 339
David p. Gierga
Chapter 19 ◾ Application of SGRT in Pediatric Patients:
The CHLA Experience 351
Arthur J. Olch, Alisha Chlebik, and Kenneth Wong
Chapter 20 ◾ Skin Mark-Less Patient Setup: A Physicist’s
Perspective 367
Vanessa Panettieri, Sandra Paul, and Catherine Russell
Chapter 21 ◾ Tattoo/Skin Mark-Less Setups Using SGRT:
A Radiation Therapist’s Perspective 391
Jacqueline Dorney
Chapter 22 ◾ Introducing SGRT into the Clinic:
A Radiation Therapist’s Perspective 399
Ellen Herron and Daniel Bailey
Chapter 23 ◾ SGRT for Proton Therapy 421
Adam B. Paxton
Chapter 24 ◾ Integration of Surface Imaging with
Tomographic and Bore-Type Gantry
Treatment Systems 437
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About the author
Jeremy Hoisak, PhD, DABR is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Hoisak’s clinical expertise includes radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiation therapy and respiratory motion management.
Adam Paxton, PhD, DABR is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Utah. Dr. Paxton’s clinical expertise includes patient safety, motion management, radiosurgery, and proton therapy.
Benjamin Waghorn, PhD, DABR is the Senior Director of Clinical Physics at Vision RT, Ltd. Dr. Waghorn’s research interests include intensity modulated radiation therapy, motion management, and surface image guidance systems.
Todd Pawlicki, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, FASTRO, is Professor and Vice-Chair for Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Pawlicki has published extensively on quality and safety in radiation therapy. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Society for Radiology Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).
Summary
This book provides a comprehensive review of optical surface imaging systems and their applications to radiation therapy. It will be of use to practicing physicists, physicians, therapists, and trainees who wish to incorporate surface guided radiation therapy into their clinical practice.
