Particle Therapy Technology for Safe Treatment

Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Evolution of Medical Particles. Chapter 3 A Personal Historical Perspective. Chapter 4 Flow of Requirements. Chapter 5 External Beam Systems. Chapter 6 How to Damage Unwanted Cells. Chapter 7 Exponentials. Chapter 8 Relativistic Dynamics. Chapter 9 Charged Particle Interactions in Matter. Chapter 10 Review of Charged Particle Motion. Chapter 11 Clinical Perspective of Charged Particle Therapy Beams. Chapter 12 Three-Dimensional Dose Conformation. Chapter 13 Accelerator Systems. Chapter 14 Gantries. Chapter 15 Safety in Radiotherapy. Chapter 16 Sensitivities and Tolerances: Scattering. Chapter 17 From Clinical to Technical Tolerances: Scanning. Chapter 18 Afterword. Acknowledgments. Appendix A: Particle Therapy Facilities (as of June 2021). Appendix B: Some Useful Constants. Appendix C: Hazard Topics. Appendix D: Beam QA Frequency Possibility. Appendix E: Some Element and Compound Parameters. Index.

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Particle Therapy;Beam Delivery;Proton Therapy;Dose Distribution;Beam Size;Charged Particle Motion;Beam Range;Beam Current;Beam Parameters;Beam Delivery System;Beam Transport System;PT Facility;Magnetic Field;Phase Space;Beam Scanning;Energy Selection System;Dose Rate;Target Volume;Distal Falloff;Charged Particle;Depth Dose Distribution;Ionization Chamber;Scanning Magnet;Range Straggling;High Dose Rate