Alternate Title

San Francisco Radiation Oncology Conference (2009)

Editor

Meyer, John

Dawson, L. A

Edition

2nd, rev. and extended ed.

Place of Publication

NewYork, NY

Publisher

Karger

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

x, 495 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series

Frontiers of radiation therapy and oncology 43

R2 Library

Subjects

Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted - methods

Radiotherapy - adverse effects

Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated

Radiosurgery

Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Abstract

Thoroughly updated and extended, this new edition offers a comprehensive guide and overview of these new technologies and the many clinical treatment programs that bring them into practical use. Advances in intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), and 4D and adaptive treatment planning are clearly presented. Target localization and image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) systems are comprehensively reviewed as well. Clinical tutorials illustrate target definitions for the major cancer sites, and useful techniques for organ motion management are described and compared. There are also several chapters that explore the technical basis and latest clinical experience with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and summarize practical treatment recommendations. The significant and increasing contributions of proton therapy to cancer care are also highlighted, alongside the practical allocation of all these new technologies from an economic perspective. As a highlight of this volume, a number of images can be viewed online in time-elapse videos for greater clarity and more dynamic visualization. Written by leading authorities in the field, this comprehensive volume brings clinical and technical practitioners of radiotherapy fully up to date with the key developments in equipment, technologies and treatment guidelines.

ISBN

9783805596800

3805596804

ISSN

0071-9676

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Surrey Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ269 FR935 2011 v.43

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Editor

Videtic, Gregory M. M

Woody, Neil

Vassil, Andrew D

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Demos Medical Publishing

Publication Date

2015

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted

Radiotherapy - methods

Patient Care Planning

Planning Techniques

Handbooks

ISBN

9781620700358

1620700352

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Videtic, Gregory M. M

Vassil, Andrew D

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Demos Medical Publishing

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

viii, 236 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted

Radiotherapy - methods

Patient Care Planning

Planning Techniques

Handbooks

ISBN

9781933864525

1933864524

9781935281580

9781282965805

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

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Editor

Videtic, Gregory M. M

Woody, Neil

Vassil, Andrew D

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Demos Medical Publishing

Publication Date

[2021]

Physical Description

xvi, 287 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted

Radiotherapy - methods

Patient Care Planning

Planning Techniques

Handbooks

Abstract

Contents:

General Physics Principles / Andrew D. Vassil, Lama M. Mossolly, Neil M. Woody, and Gregory M.M. Videtic -- Tools for Simulation and Treatment / Neil M. Woody and Gregory M.M. Videtic -- Central Nervous System Radiotherapy / Samuel T. Chao, Jennifer S. Yu, and John H. Suh -- Head and Neck Radiotherapy / Neil M. Woody, Shlomo A. Koyfman, and Nikhil P. Joshi -- Breast Radiotherapy / Chirag Shah, Sheen Cherian, Cory Hymes, and Rahul D. Tendulkar -- Thoracic Radiotherapy / Gregory M.M. Videtic -- Gastrointestinal (Nonesophageal) Radiotherapy / Ehsan H. Balagamwala, Kevin L. Stephans, and Neil M. Woody -- Genitourinary Radiotherapy / Rahul D. Tendulkar, Omar Y. Mian, Jay P. Ciezki, and Kevin L. Stephans -- Gynecologic Radiotherapy / Sudha Amarnath and Sheen Cherian -- Lymphoma and Myeloma Radiotherapy / Sheen Cherian, Chirag Shah, and Erin S. Murphy -- Soft Tissue Sarcoma Radiotherapy / Chirag Shah, Jacob Scott, Erin S. Murphy, and Lisa Zickefoose -- Pediatric Radiotherapy / Erin S. Murphy -- Palliative Radiotherapy / Andrew D. Vassil and Gregory M.M. Videtic.

ISBN

9780826168429

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ269 V652 2021

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Editor

Levitt, Seymour H.

Purdy, James A.

Perez, Carlos A.

Poortmans, Philip

Edition

5th ed.

Place of Publication

Heidelberg

Berlin

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2012

Series

Medical radiology. Radiation oncology.

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Radiotherapy - methods

Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods

ISBN

9783642115714

9783642115721

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Mundt, Arno J.

Roeske, John

Place of Publication

Shelton, CT

Publisher

People's Medical Publishing House-USA

Publication Date

2011

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Subjects

Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted - methods

Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods

Abstract

Table of Contents:

Overview -- Computed Tomography -- Positron Emission Tomography -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Ultrasound Systems -- Video Systems -- Electronic Portal Imaging Devices -- Integrated Computed Tomography/Linac Systems -- Kilovoltage Imaging Systems -- Megavoltage Imaging Systems -- Respiratory Management Technologies -- Electromagnetic Tracking -- Emerging In-Room Imaging Technologies -- Quality Assurance in the Image-Guided Era -- Central Nervous System Tumors: Overview -- Head and Neck Tumors: Overview -- Lung Cancer: Overview -- Breast Cancer: Overview -- Gastrointestinal Tumors: Overview -- Genitourinary Tumors: Overview -- Gynecologic Tumors: Overview -- Lymphoma/Leukemia: Overview -- Pediatric Tumors: Overview -- Metastatic Disease: Overview -- Adaptive IGRT: A Physician's Perspective -- Adaptive IGRT: A Physicist's Perspective -- Economic Analysis of IGRT -- IGRT : A Cautionary Note.

ISBN

9781607950424

9781607952091

1607950421

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Agrawal, Ajay

Gans, Joshua

Goldfarb, Avi

Place of Publication

Boston, Massachusetts

Publisher

Harvard Business Review Press

Publication Date

c2022

Series

ProQuest Ebook Central

Subjects

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence - economics

Forecasting - methods

Decision Making

Abstract

"Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The Economist The impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple. Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life?driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people plan their lives for a world so different from what we know? In the face of such uncertainty, many either cower in fear or predict an impossibly sunny future. But in Prediction Machines, three eminent economists recast the rise of AI as a drop in the cost of prediction. With this masterful stroke, they lift the curtain on the AI-is-magic hype and provide economic clarity about the AI revolution as well as a basis for action by executives, policy makers, investors, and entrepreneurs. In this new, updated edition, the authors illustrate how, when AI is framed as cheap prediction, its extraordinary potential becomes clear: Prediction is at the heart of making decisions amid uncertainty. Our businesses and personal lives are riddled with such decisions. Prediction tools increase productivity?operating machines, handling documents, communicating with customers. Uncertainty constrains strategy. Better prediction creates opportunities for new business strategies to compete. The authors reset the context, describing the striking impact the book has had and how its argument and its implications are playing out in the real world. And in new material, they explain how prediction fits into decision-making processes and how foundational technologies such as quantum computing will impact business choices. Penetrating, insightful, and practical, Prediction Machines will help you navigate the changes on the horizon." --publisher

ISBN

9781647824679

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Timmerman, Robert D

Xing, Lei

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publication Date

2010

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted - methods

Neoplasms - radiotherapy

ISBN

9780781782821

0781782821

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Thomas, Keri

Lobo, Ben

Detering, Karen

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Oxford, UK

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2018

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Advance Care Planning

Advance Care Planning - organization & administration

Decision Making

Terminal Care

Right to Die

Abstract

Table of Contents :

Introduction to advance care planning -- Overview and introduction to advance care planning -- What are the benefits of advance care planning and how do we know? -- An introduction to advance care planning: practice at the frontline -- Person-centred care: how does advance care planning support this and what are the economic benefits? -- Advance care planning for an ageing population -- Spiritual and ethical aspects of advance care planning -- Advance care planning: a personal view and stories from the frontline -- Context and experience of advance care planning in the UK -- Advance care planning in the UK: update on policy and practice -- Advance decisions to refuse treatment and the impact of wider legislation -- Discussions and decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- The implications of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 for advance care planning and decision making -- Experience of use of advance care planning in care homes -- Advance care planning in the community -- Advance care planning in hospices and palliative care -- Advance care planning in hospitals -- Advance care planning: thinking ahead for parents, carers, children, and young people -- Advance care planning and people with dementia -- Experience of advance care planning internationally -- Advance care planning in Australia -- Advance care planning in Canada -- Advance directives and advance care planning: the US experience -- Advance care planning in New Zealand: our Voice--to tatou reo -- Advance care planning in Germany: on track for nationwide implementation -- Advance care planning in an Asian country -- Practicalities and areas of common ground -- Communication skills and advance care planning -- Advance care planning in chronic disease: finding the known in the midst of the unknown -- Planning ahead in all areas -- A population-based approach to end-of-life care and advance care planning.

ISBN

9780198802136

9780192542359

9780192542366

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Corporate Author

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Place of Publication

[Bethesda, MD]

Publisher

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

xix, 488 p.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Ebrary books

NCRP report ; no. 175

Subjects

Radiation Injuries - prevention & control

Radioactive Hazard Release

Decision Making

Disaster Planning - methods

Radiation Protection - methods

Radioactive Fallout

Guideline

United States

ISBN

9780983545057

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph

Gudat, Heike

Ohnsorge, Kathrin

Place of Publication

Oxford, UK

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2015

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Right to Die - ethics

Suicide, Assisted - ethics

Euthanasia

Patient Participation

Attitude to Death

Palliative Care - psychology

Advance Care Planning

Terminal Care

Decision Making

Ethics, Clinical

Abstract

Table of Contents :

PART I: Introduction -- Why it is important to know about patients? wishes to die -- PART II: Research --Illness narratives, meaning making, and epistemic injustice in research at the end of life -- Expressed desire for hastened death in seven patients living with advanced cancer: a phenomenologic inquiry -- Expressed desire for hastened death: a phenomenologic inquiry? 10 years later -- Euthanasia (requests) after the implementation of the euthanasia law in Belgium in 2002. Results of empirical studies in Flanders, Belgium -- The journey to understanding the wish to hasten death -- The desire for hastened death in patients in palliative care -- Intentions, motivations, and social interactions regarding a wish to die -- Acting on a wish to die at the end of life: the Swiss situation -- Understanding older people?s wish to die -- Dialogue intermezzo: I -- PART III: Ethics -- Caring and killing in the clinic: the argument of self-determination -- Towards responsive knowing in matters of life and death -- Dealing with dilemmas around patients? wishes to die: moral case deliberation in a Dutch hospice -- End-of-life ethics from the perspectives of patients? wishes -- Dialogue intermezzo: II -- PART IV: Practice -- Issues of palliative medicine in end-of-life care -- Spirituality at the bedside: negotiating the meaning of dying -- Communication of wishes to die -- From understanding to patient-centred management: clinical pictures of a wish to die -- What does the wish to hasten death mean for the palliative patient? Clinical implications -- PART V: Conclusion -- Concluding dialogue.

ISBN

9780191023330

9780198713982

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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