Pediatric Cancers
Fig. 22.1 Axial CT images of adult and pediatric patient treated with IMRT. Images are at the same scale (orange bar). Since the physical characteristics of the delivery hardware are…
GENERAL RADIOLOGY
Anal Canal Cancer
Trial Initial publication year # Pts enrolled Radiation technique Median treatment duration (days) Treatment breaks (%) Median treatment break duration (days) Acute G3+ heme toxicity (%) Acute G3+ derm toxicity…
Mesothelioma
Fig. 13.1 Scans for intensity-modulated radiation therapy to be given after an extrapleural pneumonectomy for mesothelioma, with representative sagittal, coronal, and axial slices and the dose-volume histogram (DVH) 13.3.3.2 IMRT…
Adaptive Radiation Therapy in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer
Fig. 6.1 (a) Left upper jugular lymph node metastasis (white arrow) from nasopharyngeal cancer was noted on CT before IMRT. (b) On the 25th day of IMRT (after delivery of…
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Fig. 12.1 Beam configuration for an intensity-modulated radiation therapy plan to treat a patient with non-small lung cancer. The beams are separated by 25–30° so as to avoid parallel opposed…
Thoracic Esophageal Cancer
Fig. 16.1 The relative distribution of radiation dose in the treatment of esophageal cancer with 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D CRT) versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) Thus, when optimal beam…
Sequelae of Therapy of Head and Neck Cancer: Their Prevention and Therapy
Year Author n Stage Mean dose (Gy) constraint End point assessments Objective Subjective 2013 Chen et al. [9], Blanco et al. [10] 31 I–IV <25.8 SGS NS 2010 Eisbruch et…
Principles of IMRT
Fig. 2.1 Example of an IMRT case in which the tongue-and-groove effect resulted in a line of reduced dose through the target. Black isodose lines show the calculated dose distribution;…
History of IMRT
© Springer Japan 2015Yasumasa Nishimura and Ritsuko Komaki (eds.)Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy10.1007/978-4-431-55486-8_1 1. History of IMRT Michael D. Mills1 and Shiao Y. Woo1 (1) Department of Radiation Oncology, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, 529 S Jackson St,…
Cerebral Doppler Sonography
Fig. 2.1 (a) Anatomical specimen of a newborn brain through the midline. The basilar artery (BA) runs in front of the pons cerebri (P) and the anterior cerebral artery (ACA)…
