Handbook of Radiotherapy Physics 2nd Edition

In Volume 1:

Part A includes the Interaction of Radiation with Matter (charged particles and photons) and the Fundamentals of Dosimetry with an extensive section on small-field physics.

Part B covers Radiobiology with increased emphasis on hypofractionation.

Part C describes Equipment for Imaging and Therapy including MR-guided linear accelerators.

Part D on Dose Measurement includes chapters on ionisation chambers, solid-state detectors, film and gels, as well as a detailed description and explanation of Codes of Practice for Reference Dose Determination including detector correction factors in small fields.

Part E describes the properties of Clinical (external) Beams. The various methods (or ‘algorithms’) for Computing Doses in Patients irradiated by photon, electron and proton beams are described in

Part F with increased emphasis on Monte-Carlo-based and grid-based deterministic algorithms.

In Volume 2:

Part G covers all aspects of Treatment Planning including CT-, MR- and Radionuclide-based patient imaging, Intensity-Modulated Photon Beams, Electron and Proton Beams, Stereotactic and Total Body Irradiation and the use of the dosimetric and radiobiological metrics TCP and NTCP for plan evaluation and optimisation. Quality Assurance fundamentals with application to equipment and processes are covered in

Part H. Radionuclides, equipment and methods for Brachytherapy and Targeted Molecular Therapy are covered in

Parts I and J, respectively. Finally,

Part K is devoted to Radiation Protection of the public, staff and patients.

Extensive tables of Physical Constants, Photon, Electron and Proton Interaction data, and typical Photon Beam and Radionuclide data are given in Part L.