BioMed Research International

Technical Advancement of Radiation Therapy


Publishing date
04 Oct 2013
Status
Published
Submission deadline
17 May 2013

Lead Editor

1Medical Physics & Informatics Laboratory, Department of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute for Advanced Radiation Oncology, Monmouth Medical center, Barnabas Health, Long Branch, NJ, USA

3Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

4Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

5Medical Physics Department, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 136 Mountain View Boulevard, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, USA

6Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA


Technical Advancement of Radiation Therapy

Description

In medical world, radiation oncology is uniquely positioned itself as the "High Tech Medicine". Radiation oncology has made tremendous progress for the past decade by merging high energy physics, computing technology, and advanced radiation calculation algorithms along with many new inventions of delivery techniques. Improvement made by this medical specialty not only provides substantial cancer survival outcome but also reduce the patient complication treated from the conventional cancer care methods. Integration of radiation therapy technologies to manage tumor control certainly creates important scientific interests with modern science.

The main focus of this special issue will be focusing on the new development in cancer treatment, quality control, treatment techniques, and radiation dosimetry with related topics. The special issue will become an international forum for researchers to summarize the most recent developments and ideas in radiation oncology, with a special emphasis given to the clinical progress with new technologies. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Clinical trials and outcome research
  • New technologies development and implementation
  • Treatment delivery techniques
  • Disease-specific treatment discussion
  • Radiation dosimetry analysis
  • Radiation protection, shielding, and design
  • Clinical therapy physics review and applications
  • Molecular imaging application in radiation therapy
  • Medical imaging
  • Professional issues in medical, clinical, and biomedical physics
  • Radiobiology
  • Quality control and assurance
  • Computing algorithm and optimization
  • Quality of life analysis
  • Radiation safety

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Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2013
  • - Article ID 349437
  • - Research Article

Dose Verification in Intensity Modulation Radiation Therapy: A Fractal Dimension Characteristics Study

Jia-Ming Wu | Chung-Ming Kuo | Ching-Jiang Chen
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2013
  • - Article ID 216034
  • - Research Article

Total Body Irradiation with Step Translation and Dynamic Field Matching

Ho-Hsing Chen | Jay Wu | ... | Jin-Ching Lin
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2013
  • - Article ID 247152
  • - Review Article

18F-FDG PET in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Nobuyuki Kawai | Keisuke Miyake | ... | Takashi Tamiya
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2013
  • - Article ID 872739
  • - Research Article

Assessment of Respiration-Induced Motion and Its Impact on Treatment Outcome for Lung Cancer

Yan Wang | Yong Bao | ... | Xiao-Wu Deng
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2013
  • - Article ID 749203
  • - Review Article

Quo Vadis Radiotherapy? Technological Advances and the Rising Problems in Cancer Management

Barry J. Allen | Eva Bezak | Loredana G. Marcu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2013
  • - Article ID 371819
  • - Clinical Study

Involved-Field Radiotherapy versus Elective Nodal Irradiation in Combination with Concurrent Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective Randomized Study

Ming Chen | Yong Bao | ... | Cong-Hua Xie
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