2 RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT QINGYANG SHANG AND MATTHEW KOLAR 2.1 PRODUCTION OF X-RAYS 2.2 LINEAR ACCELERATORS 2.3 PARTICLE AND SOURCE-BASED RADIATION 2.1 PRODUCTION OF X-RAYS Question 1 What are the two different mechanisms by…
3 IONIZING RADIATION ZHILEI LIU SHEN AND TOUFIK DJEMIL 3.1 PHOTON INTERACTIONS 3.2 PARTICLE INTERACTIONS 3.1 PHOTON INTERACTIONS Question 1 What are the five major types of photon interactions with matter? Question…
14 IMAGE GUIDANCE ERIC TISCHLER AND LAMA MUHIEDDINE MOSSOLLY Question 1 What is IGRT and why is it used? Question 2 What is the difference between accuracy and precision?…
8 BRACHYTHERAPY MARIA RYBAK, NEIL WOODY, AND ALLAN WILKINSON 8.1 BRACHYTHERAPY 8.2 LOW-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY 8.3 HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY 8.1 BRACHYTHERAPY Question 1 What is brachytherapy? Question 2 What are the types of brachytherapy? …
7 ELECTRON TREATMENT MATTHEW VOSSLER AND ANTHONY MASTROIANNI Question 1 How do electrons lose energy in a medium? Question 2 What is the practical range Rp for electrons? …
12 RADIATION SAFETY AND REGULATIONS MIKE STRONGOSKY AND HENRY BLAIR 12.1 RULES AND REGULATIONS 12.2 SHIELDING 12.1 RULES AND REGULATIONS Question 1 What is the frequency for inventory and survey for a radioactive…
10 SPECIALIZED TREATMENT YVONNE PHAM AND GENNADY NEYMAN 10.1 STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY 10.2 TOTAL BODY AND TOTAL SKIN IRRADIATION 10.3 PARTICLE THERAPY 10.4 HYPERTHERMIA 10.1 STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY Question 1 What is the mechanical tolerance for the…
9 ADVANCED TREATMENT TECHNIQUES ANTHONY MAGNELLI, TINGLIANG ZHUANG, AND TOUFIK DJEMIL 9.1 INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY 9.2 STEREOTACTIC RADIATION THERAPY 9.3 RESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT 9.4 COMPUTING 9.1 INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY Question 1 What are the…
Fig. 14.1 Identification and inclusion of studies Table 14.1 Characteristics of included studies Drug class Trial Active drug Daily dose (mg) N Age (mean) Design Jadad score Con-cealment ITT Treatment…
