On-Treatment Verification Imaging
A Study Guide for IGRT
by Mike Kirby, Kerrie-Anne Calder
1st Edition
Publisher: CRC Press
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781138499911 |
| eText ISBN | 9781351007740 |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Publishing Year | 2019 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 266 |
On-Treatment Verification Imaging: A Study Guide for IGRT, 1st Edition, is a clinically focused book dedicated exclusively to verification imaging in radiotherapy planning and delivery. The volume provides a foundational study guide for image-guided radiation therapy.
The text addresses essential imaging concepts, setup errors and their consequences, verification equipment, and corrective action levels. It also examines clinical protocols, quality systems, and legal frameworks governing concomitant exposures.
Written for therapeutic radiography students, trainee medical physicists, and clinicians, the work also assists experienced practitioners with evolving techniques. An accompanying electronic library provides teaching and assessment resources to support further learning.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Concepts and Consequences of Set-up Errors
Chapter 2: The Foundations of Equipment Used for Radiotherapy Verification
Chapter 3: Concepts of On-treatment Verification
Chapter 4: Clinical Protocols and Imaging Training
Chapter 5: Concomitant Exposures and Legal Frameworks
Chapter 6: Foundational Principles of Protocols, Tolerances, Action Levels and Corrective Strategies
Chapter 7: Imaging Science, Imaging Equipment (Pretreatment and On-treatment)
Chapter 8: Clinical Practice Principles
Chapter 9: Quality Systems and Quality Assurance
Chapter 10: Alternative Technologies
Chapter 11: Incident Reporting
Chapter 12: Protocol Development and Training
Chapter 13: Commissioning of New On-treatment Imaging and Techniques: Integration Into the Oncology Management System
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