The Physics & Technology of Radiation Therapy, 3rd Edition – Patrick N. McDermott & Colin G. Orton Premium Multicolor Matt Print

Radiation oncology is the specialty where you cannot separate the medicine from the machine. A plan that looks right on screen can be wrong because of a calibration, a beam model or a calculation — and the clinician who cannot follow the physics is dependent on someone else noticing.

This book exists to close that gap. It grew out of a course Patrick McDermott taught to radiation oncology residents and has been classroom-tested over many years, which shows in how it is built: the first half covers the radiation physics you need in order to understand radiation therapy, the second half covers the applied physics and technology you meet in the department.

What This Book Covers

• Treatment machines and how they produce and shape a beam
• Beam calibration and dosimetric parameters
• Monitor unit (MU) calculations
• Dose distributions in patients
• Electron beams
• Brachytherapy
• Radiation safety
• Quality assurance
• Imaging for planning and verification
• Special modalities

Key Features

• End-of-chapter summaries for revision
• Worked examples and a full problem set in every chapter, with selected answers — physics is learned by doing problems, not by reading about them
• Clinically realistic linac dosimetry data supplied so you can practise MU calculations against numbers that behave like a real machine
• An ABR physician board certification physics topic matrix, mapping the content to what the examination covers
• An ARRT examination topic matrix for therapy technologists
• Written as an introductory text, so it assumes you are learning this rather than revising it

The two topic matrices are the feature worth paying attention to. They turn the book from something you read into something you can audit yourself against — you can see which examination topics you have covered and which you have not.

Who Is This Book For?

• Radiation oncology residents and trainees
• Medical physics students and trainees entering radiotherapy
• Radiation therapy technologists and therapists, including ARRT candidates
• Dosimetrists
• Radiology and oncology trainees who need the physics behind the planning
• Anyone preparing for a radiation oncology physics examination

Book Details

• Title: The Physics & Technology of Radiation Therapy
• Edition: Third Edition
• Authors: Patrick N. McDermott, Colin G. Orton
• Publisher: Medical Physics Publishing
• Language: English

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