Publisher's Synopsis
Clinical conformal radiotherapy is the holy grail of radiation treatment and is now becoming a reality through the combined efforts of physical scientists and engineers, who have improved the physical basis of radiotherapy, and the interest and concern of imaginative radiotherapists and radiographers.
This book describes in detail the physics germane to the development of a particular form of clinical conformal radiotherapy called intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). IMRT has become a topic of tremendous importance within the last 1-2 years and is now being seriously investigated for its potential to improve the outcome of radiation therapy. The book is immensely timely.
The book collates the state-of-the-art literature together with the author's personal research experience and that of colleagues in the field to produce a text suitable for new research workers, PhD students, and practising radiation physicists requiring a thorough introduction to IMRT. The book has been prepared in a form suitable for supporting a teaching course. It is fully illustrated, indexed and referenced. The book is primarily aimed at scientists with degree level physics with mathematics and at medically qualified doctors. It will also be of interest to other physicists, other physical scientists, radiotherapists, radiotherapy radiographers and to the medical technology industry.
