Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics
1Medical Physics and Informatics Laboratory of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute for Advanced Radiation Oncology, Barnabas Health, Monmouth Medical center, Long Branch, NJ, USA
3Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Physicians & Surgeon, School of Engineering and School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
4Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
5Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
6Department of Radiation Oncology, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics
Description
Radiation therapy plays an important role in the treatment of cancer. The goal of treatment planning is to deliver high-precision radiation doses to the targets while sparing the surrounding normal tissues. Modern advanced techniques have been increasingly used in radiotherapy with the aim to accurately localize the targets, precisely deliver the radiation to the targets, predict treatment outcomes, and improve treatment quality and patient safety. This special issue presents a collection of manuscripts that discuss novel and innovative development in radiation oncology, medical physics, treatment techniques, radiation dosimetry, and other related topics. The special issue will serve as 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 radiotherapy
- Medical, clinical, and biomedical physics
- Combined modality treatment
- Radiation dosimetry analysis
- Cancer imaging and application in radiotherapy
- Radiation therapy planning, computing algorithm, and optimization
- Quality control and assurance
- Quality of life analysis
- Particle irradiation
- Brachytherapy
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