Design and Shielding of Radiotherapy Treatment Facilities
- Professor Patrick Horton, Dr David Eaton
- July 2017
Description
Design and Shielding of Radiotherapy Treatment Facilities provides readers with a single point of reference for all aspects of shielding design and radiation protection advice to the construction and modification of radiotherapy facilities. The book assembles a faculty of national and international experts on all modalities including megavoltage and kilovoltage photons, brachytherapy and high-energy particles, and on conventional and Monte Carlo shielding calculations. Their consensus and expertise is reflected through the list of chapters, and the editors have also ensured a consistent message throughout the text by face-to-face discussion and thorough revisions of the original IPEM Report 75. This book is a comprehensive reference for qualified experts and radiation-shielding designers in radiation physics and also useful to administrators, planners, architects, constructors and others involved in the design of radiotherapy facilities.
About Editors
Patrick Horton is retired from the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
David Eaton is a lead clinical scientist, national radiotherapy trials QA group, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, UK.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgement
Author biography
Contributors
1 The design and procurement process
2 The design of radiotherapy facilities
3 Radiation protection requirements
4 Clinical practice, treatment room and control room design
5 Empirical shielding calculations for treatment rooms with linear accelerators
6 Monte Carlo methods
7 Shielding materials and construction details
8 Specialist applications: Gamma Knife®, TomoTherapy® and CyberKnife®
9 Kilovoltage therapy and electronic brachytherapy
10 Brachytherapy
11 Radiation shielding and safety for particle therapy facilities
12 Shielding verification and radiation surveys
Bibliographic
Hardback ISBN: 9780750314411
Ebook ISBN: 9780750314404
DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-1440-4
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
Series: IPEM-IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology