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Author: Todd Pawlicki, PhD ,
Jeremy David Page Hoisak ,
Adam Brent Paxton ,
Benjamin James Waghorn
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: CRC Press
Weight: 1.140kg
ISBN: 9781138593497
ISBN 10: 1138593494
Pages: 492
Publication Date: 28 February 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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This book titled Surface Guided Radiation Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of both clinical and technical aspects of surface imaging in modern radiation therapy. The book covers basic principles of modern digital surface imaging, implementations, and features of existing commercial surface imaging systems, quality assurance, and clinical use of surface imaging for a wide variety of treatment sites and applications. In discussing the purpose of the book, the authors recognized that surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT) has been in use in radiation oncology for more than 15 years and the body of literature on surface imaging has grown quite large. Their goal was to recruit internationally recognized experts on different aspects of surface imaging and have each author prepare a structured review on a particular topic in SGRT. I believe that the editors and authors of this book were successful at creating a valuable resource for those interested in surface imaging. The timing of the work is appropriate as well. Surface imaging has become common in clinical practice, and the technical and clinical practice of surface guided radiotherapy has matured to a point that the content in this book will remain relevant for many years. The authors of the book's 26 chapters are well-known in the surface imaging community for their high quality publications, presentations, and clinical experience. The writing is not highly technical and doesn't assume the reader has a significant background in surface imaging for radiotherapy. As a result, the book will appeal to a wide variety of readers, both within and outside the medical physics community, including trainees... To the best of my knowledge, this is the only book that comprehensively covers the topic of surface guided radiotherapy... This book provides a more comprehensive background on surface imaging in radiotherapy, shares a wider range of perspectives and is willing to venture into clinical topics that are not covered at all in professional society guidelines. I highly recommend this book for any clinical department that uses surface imaging. It is a great resource for practitioners interested in improving their SGRT practice, and its structure and writing style make it an accessible resource for radiation therapists and physicians as well. -Dustin Jacqmin (University of Wisconsin-Madison), in Medical Physics, The International Journal of Medical Physics Research and Practice (July 2022)
"""This book titled ""Surface Guided Radiation Therapy"" provides a comprehensive overview of both clinical and technical aspects of surface imaging in modern radiation therapy. The book covers basic principles of modern digital surface imaging, implementations, and features of existing commercial surface imaging systems, quality assurance, and clinical use of surface imaging for a wide variety of treatment sites and applications. In discussing the purpose of the book, the authors recognized that surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT) has been in use in radiation oncology for more than 15 years and the body of literature on surface imaging has grown quite large. Their goal was to recruit internationally recognized experts on different aspects of surface imaging and have each author prepare a structured review on a particular topic in SGRT. I believe that the editors and authors of this book were successful at creating a valuable resource for those interested in surface imaging. The timing of the work is appropriate as well. Surface imaging has become common in clinical practice, and the technical and clinical practice of surface guided radiotherapy has matured to a point that the content in this book will remain relevant for many years. The authors of the book’s 26 chapters are well-known in the surface imaging community for their high quality publications, presentations, and clinical experience. The writing is not highly technical and doesn’t assume the reader has a significant background in surface imaging for radiotherapy. As a result, the book will appeal to a wide variety of readers, both within and outside the medical physics community, including trainees… To the best of my knowledge, this is the only book that comprehensively covers the topic of surface guided radiotherapy… This book provides a more comprehensive background on surface imaging in radiotherapy, shares a wider range of perspectives and is willing to venture into clinical topics that are not covered at all in professional society guidelines. I highly recommend this book for any clinical department that uses surface imaging. It is a great resource for practitioners interested in improving their SGRT practice, and its structure and writing style make it an accessible resource for radiation therapists and physicians as well."" —Dustin Jacqmin (University of Wisconsin-Madison), in Medical Physics, The International Journal of Medical Physics Research and Practice (July 2022)"
Author Information
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).
