Image Processing in Radiotherapy Applications: Image Processing in Adaptive Radiotherapy. Online Monitoring, Tracking, and Dose Accumulation. Validation of Image Registration. Registration: Similarity Metrics. Parametric Image Registration. Toward Realistic Biomechanical-Based Modeling for Image-Guided Radiation. Nonparametric: Demons, Diffusion, and Viscous-Fluid Approaches. Optimization in Image Registration. Segmentation: Basic Segmentation. Deformable Shape Models for Image Segmentation. Level Set for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning. Atlas-Based Segmentation: Concepts and Applications. Advanced Imaging Techniques: Advances in 3D Image Reconstruction. Advancements in Respiratory Sorting: The Future of Respiratory Sorting. In-Room Imaging Techniques. Affine Medical Image Registration Using Graphics Processing Unit. Index.
Biography
Kristy K. Brock is an associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan, where she received her Ph.D. in nuclear engineering and radiological sciences. She is a board member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the therapy science director for the 2013 AAPM 2013 annual meeting, an editorial board member of Medical Physics, and a diplomat in therapeutic radiological physics of the American Board of Radiology. Her research focuses on deformable registration for dose accumulation and adaptive radiotherapy, the application of biomechanical modeling in correlative pathology, and therapy response assessment.
"As no dedicated course on image processing for radiation therapy typically exists, this book may very well help build the foundation for future educational initiatives in this important bridging area. One could imagine a future version of this book containing problems to allow students to exercise the knowledge they've gained."
—James Balter, PhD, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA
