Treating Tumors that Move with Respiration

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Urschel, Harold C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kresl, John J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Luketich, James D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Papiez, Lech (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Timmerman, Robert D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schulz, Raymond A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiology.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Surgery.; Surgical oncology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Surgical Oncology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

Stereotactic radiosurgery continues to evolve in ways that allow this powerful technology to reach and treat more tumors in more patients. This volume in the Robotic Radiosurgery series is devoted to theory and practice in the emerging field of stereotactic radiosurgery (also called stereotactic bod...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Respiration Motion and Tumor Tracking Techniques
• Tumor Motion Ranges Due to Respiration and Respiratory Motion Characteristics
• Respiratory Motion Tracking for Robotic Radiosurgery
• Patient Alignment and Target Tracking in Radiosurgery of Soft-Tissue Tumors Using Combined Fiducial and Skeletal Structures Tracking Techniques
• Thoraco-Abdominal Dosimetry, Radiobiology, and Imaging
• The Radiobiological Rationale for Hypofractionation of Lung and Liver Tumors
• 18FDG-PET/CT for Treatment Planning and Follow-Up
• Treatment Planning of Abdominal Lesions
• Use of a Target Complexity Index in Radiosurgical Plan Evaluation
• Dose Escalation with the Frameless Respiratory Tumor Tracking System of the CyberKnife for Early Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
• Thoraco-Abdominal Fiducial Placement Strategies
• Percutaneous Placement of Fiducial Markers for Thoracic Malignancies
• Use of a Blood Patch Technique to Prevent Pneumothorax During Insertion of Lung Fiducials
• Thoracic Fiducial Placement via Flexible Bronchoscopy
• Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fiducial Placement for CyberKnife Radiosurgery
• Lung Tumor Treatment — Techniques and Experiment
• Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Dosimetric Considerations for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Delivery in the Lung
• Selection of Treatment for Patients with Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in a Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program
• CyberKnife Frameless Image-Guided High-Dose Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery with the Synchrony Motion Tracking Module in the Treatment of Single Small Peripheral Lung Tumors
• Initial Experience Treating Lung Tumors with the CyberKnife
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Rationale, Patient Selection, Results and Complications
• Toxicity and Efficacy of Treating Mediastinal and Hilar Lesions
• Liver and Pancreas Treatment — Techniques and Experiment
• A Review of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Liver and Pancreas
• Multidisciplinary Overview of Local-Regional Therapies for Liver Malignancies
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Liver Malignancies Using the CyberKnife
• CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Pancreatic Cancer
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Unresectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: Initial Experience at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
• Emerging Thoraco-Abdominal Radiosurgery Concepts
• 4D Treatment Optimization and Planning for Radiosurgery with Respiratory Motion Tracking
• Xsight Lung Tracking System: A Fiducial-Less Method for Respiratory Motion Tracking
• CyberKnife Radiosurgery: Quality of Life and Cost Considerations.