Dosimetry of ionising radiation is a well-established and mature branch of physical sciences
with many applications in medicine and biology. In particular radiotherapy relies on …

The introduction of advanced techniques and technology in radiotherapy has greatly
improved our ability to deliver highly conformal tumor doses while minimizing the dose to …

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has become standard of care for most cancer
sites that are managed by radiation therapy. This book documents the evolution of this …

This investigation focused on the characterization of the lateral dose fall-off following the
irradiation of the target with photons, protons and carbon ions. A water phantom was …

Cells react differently to clustered and dispersed DNA double strand breaks (DSB). Little is
known about the initial reaction to simultaneous induction of DSBs with different …

In clinical photon beams, the dose outside the geometrical field limits is produced by
photons originating from (i) head leakage,(ii) scattering at the beam collimators and the …

In radiation therapy, high energy photon and proton beams cause the production of
secondary neutrons. This leads to an unwanted dose contribution, which can be …

Purpose Radiation therapy (RT) techniques for prostate cancer are evolving rapidly, but the
impact of these changes on risk of second cancers, which are an uncommon but serious …

Background Little is known about the cellular effects of exposure to mixed beams of high
and low linear energy transfer radiation. So far, the effects of combined exposures have …

Short-and long-term side effects following the treatment of cancer with radiation are strongly
related to the amount of dose deposited to the healthy tissue surrounding the tumor. The …