Series Preface

Preface



Editors



Contributors



Part 1 INTRODUCTION



1 Overview of IGRT

Fang-Fang Yin, Yu Yan, and Robert Timmerman



2 History and future of IGRT in lung cancer

Joe Y. Chang



Part 2 PRINCIPLES OF IGRT FOR LUNG CANCER



3 Imaging simulation for lung cancer IGRT

Daniel Low, Tinsu Pan, Ning Wen, and Carri K. Glide-Hurst



4 Treatment planning

Yan Yu, Kamila Nowak Choi, and Virginia Lockamy



5 Treatment verification and delivery

Ning Wen, Carri Glide-Hurst, Karen Chin Snyder, Mischa Hoogeman, Martina Descovich, Lei Ren, and Indrin Chetty



6 Quality assurance of IGRT

Krishni Wijesooriya, Taeho Kim, Josh Evans, and Quan Chen



Part 3 PRACTICE OF IGRT FOR LUNG CANCER 125



7 L-shaped linacs

David Hoffman, Julian Perks, Steve Goetsch, and Stanley Benedict



8 TomoTherapy

Ke Sheng



9 Robotic arm linac

Jun Yang, Andrew Cardin, Jing Feng, Xing Liang, and EnMing Wang



10 Proton therapy

Clemens Grassberger, Gregory C. Sharp, and Harald Paganetti



11 Application of IGRT for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy

Julianne M. Pollard-Larkin, Peter Balter, and Joe Y. Chang



12 Uncertainties of IGRT for lung cancer

Irina Vergalasova, Guang Li, Chris R. Kelsey, Hong Ge, Long Huang, and Jing Cai



Part 4 ADVANCES IN IGRT FOR LUNG CANCER



13 Advances in imaging simulation for lung cancer IGRT

Jing Cai, Daniel Low, Tinsu Pan, Yilin Liu, Zheng Chang, and Wei Lu



14 Advances in treatment planning

Mei Li, Ruijiang Li, and Lei Xing



15 Advances in verification and delivery techniques

Lei Ren, Martina Descovich, and Jing Wang



16 Treatment response assessment and response guided adaptive treatment

Tim Lautenschlaeger, Martha Matuszak, and Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong



17 Adaptive radiation therapy for lung cancer

Martha Matuszak, Kristy K. Brock, and Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong



18 MRI-based IGRT for lung cancer

Rojano Kashani and Lauren Henke



Index