Tumor response monitoring and treatment planning /
Medical imaging progressed to a standard undreamt of not very many years ago. The advances are due to continuous development of radiological techniques and the introduction of magnetic resonance imaging. With the improved and new methods three-dimensional target volumes for radiation therapy can be...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1992]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Medical imaging progressed to a standard undreamt of not very many years ago. The advances are due to continuous development of radiological techniques and the introduction of magnetic resonance imaging. With the improved and new methods three-dimensional target volumes for radiation therapy can be defined with hitherto unknown precision. This leads to an improvement in irradiation techniques and, as a consequence, to a higher likelihood of tumor control and a lower risk of normal tissue complications. Besides the improvement in irradiation techniques the new imaging methods may enable great strides in tumor response monitoring, not only in the detection of morphological alterations but also by showing physiological changes in the tumor during and after treatment by means of MRI and PET. This not only leads to better prognostic information but may also allow early evaluation of the response to treatment. It may then be possible to individualize the radiation dose but also the alternative-treatment for non-responders. This is certainly a future direction for radiation oncology. |
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| Item Description: | At head of title: Advanced radiation therapy. "The International Symposium of the W. Vaillant Foundation on Tumor Response Monitoring and Treatment Planning took place in Munich in the spring of 1991"--Foreword. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 813 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783642486814 (electronic bk.) 3642486819 (electronic bk.) |