1st Edition

Adaptive Radiation Therapy Fundamentals and Practice

Edited By Yao Hao, Arash Darafsheh Copyright 2027
376 Pages 77 Color & 25 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

376 Pages 77 Color & 25 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book provides an introduction to the practice of adaptive radiotherapy (ART). Exploring recent advances and clinical considerations, readers will learn about the philosophy, fundamentals, implementation, status, and outcomes of this advanced radiotherapy technique in which treatment plans are adapted to accommodate inter- and intra-fraction anatomic changes, reducing margins and setup... Read more

1. Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Concepts, Clinical Evidence and Future Perspectives

Jonathan Pham, Huiming Dong, and X. Sharon Qi

2. Adaptive Radiotherapy Strategies: Online and Offline

Carri Glide-Hurst and Andrew Shepard

3. Imaging needs and available modalities for magnetic resonance-guided adaptive radiation therapy

Taeho Kim, Yao Hao, Jiwon Sung, and Danny Lee

4. MRI Safety and QA for Adaptive Radiation Therapy

Michael Gach

5. CT safety and QA

Hua Li

6. PET in Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Quality Assurance and Safety

Rameshwar Prasad

7. CT-Based Online Adaptive Radiotherapy Systems

Eric Laugeman

8. Magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy machines

Taeho Kim, Siyong Kim, Jiwon Sung, and Seungjong Oh

9. Adaptive Biology-Guided Radiotherapy on a PET-Linac System

Rajit Tummala, Huixiao Chen, Emily Draeger, Henry S. Park, and David J. Carlson

10. Adaptive proton therapy

Tianyu Zhao

11. Simulation-Free Radiotherapy: A New Patient-Centered Paradigm Shift for Accelerating Access to Radiotherapy

Tianyu Zhao

12. Adaptive radiotherapy workflow

Thomas Mazur

13. Commissioning the Clinical Workflow for Online Adaptive Radiotherapy (OART)

Benjamin Lewis and Harold Li

14. Adaptive Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Optimization and Dose Calculation for CBCT-based and MR-based Systems

Justin Visak, Chris Kabat, and Mu-Han Lin

15. Dose Accumulation for Adaptive Radiotherapy

Yulun He, Androniki Mitrou, and Kristi K. Brock

16. Artificial Intelligence in Adaptive Radiation Therapy

Chenyang Shen, Justin Visak, Andrew Godley, and Mu-Han Lin

17. ART: Challenges and Opportunities for Clinical Implementation

Mu-Han Lin and Ying Zhang

18. Adaptive Radiotherapy for Liver Tumors  

Ann C. Raldow and Jonathan Massachi

19. Adaptive Radiation Therapy for pancreas cancer

Shahed Badiyan, Nina Sanford, Todd Aguilera, David Parsons, and Viktor Iakovenko

20. Adaptive Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma

Townes Mickel and Raquibul Hannan

21. Adaptive Radiotherapy for Gynecologic Malignancies

Agnes Ewongwo and Chika Nwachukwu

22. Online Adaptive Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer

Jonathan E. Leeman

23. Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Head & Neck Cancers

Lou-Anne Acevedo Moreno and Musaddiq Awan

24. Adaptive Radiotherapy for Bladder Cancer

Kishan Pithadia, Shalini Moningi, Raquibul Hannan, and Daniel X. Yang

Biography

Yao Hao, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of radiation oncology, a certified medical physicist by the American Board of Radiology (ABR), and the imaging chief physicist at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed his residency in Medical Physics at Washington University in 2019. He received his Ph.D. in Medical Physics from the University of Massachusetts. He is a member of AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) and serves as an Associate Editor for Medical Physics journal and Journal of Applied and Clinical Medical Physics.


Arash Darafsheh,
Ph.D., is an associate professor of radiation oncology, a certified medical physicist by the American Board of Radiology (ABR), and the PI of the Optical Imaging and Dosimetry Lab at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Optical Science and Engineering, and an M.Sc. in Radiation Medicine Engineering. He is a member of AAPM and senior member of the Optica (formerly, Optical Society of America (OSA)) and SPIE-the international society for optics and photonics. He is an associate editor for Medical Physics and has served as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous scientific journals.