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This fourth volume in a series devoted to cancer treatment discusses various methodologies for the diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of colorectal cancer. It covers the latest information including standard and emerging therapies and technological advances.
Radiotherapy remains a major non-surgical treatment modality for malignant disease, and an understanding of how this treatment works is essential in ensuring optimum practice. Trainees in oncology learn about ionising radiation, but to understand it fully they must also understand the physics relevant to its use in therapy. This book is written specifically for the oncology and radiation team, supporting clinical oncologists in their understanding of the science which underpins radiotherapy. It begins with basic concepts and then explores the principles and practice of physics as it relates to radiotherapy, including discussion of specific types of therapy. Written by authors chosen for their expertise in in their respective fields, and aligned to the Royal College of Radiologists FRCR Curriculum in Oncology, this volume will provide an excellent source of information for trainee and practicing oncologists, and wider radiotherapy teams. This second edition has been fully updated to reflect advances in technology and the increased complexity in modern radiotherapy, including two new chapters on imaging and a new brachytherapy chapter.
This collection of essays consists of selected papers presented at the 24th IEEE FRUCT conference. It highlights the most pressing research topics in infocommunication technologies, such as challenges in the development of next generation networks, the architectures and design of innovative knowledge-based systems, and innovations in healthcare and eHealth.
Radioisotope therapy is an internal form of radiation, administered through liquid or injection, that treats cancer with minimal damage to the normal surrounding tissue. This book is a practical guide to radioisotope therapy, taking the reader through the basic principles, and then developing this by application to specific sites and diseases.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second MICCAI Workshop on Deep Generative Models, DG4MICCAI 2022, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2022, in September 2022. The workshops took place in Singapore. DG4MICCAI 2022 accepted 12 papers from the 15 submissions received. The workshop focusses on recent algorithmic developments, new results, and promising future directions in Deep Generative Models. Deep generative models such as Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) and Variational Auto-Encoder (VAE) are currently receiving widespread attention from not only the computer vision and machine learning communities, but also in the MIC and CAI community.
A comprehensive, practical, and evidence-based guide to radiotherapy in the management of children and young people with cancer. It explores each cancer type and the various modalities of treatment available, with over 75 colour illustrations, case histories to demonstrate the various approaches, and further reading on each topic.
The clinical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in radiation oncology is in its infancy. However, it is certain that AI is capable of making radiation oncology more precise and personalized with improved outcomes. Radiation oncology deploys an array of state-of-the-art technologies for imaging, treatment, planning, simulation, targeting, and quality assurance while managing the massive amount of data involving therapists, dosimetrists, physicists, nurses, technologists, and managers. AI consists of many powerful tools which can process a huge amount of inter-related data to improve accuracy, productivity, and automation in complex operations such as radiation oncology.This book offers an ar...
In the new era of functional and molecular imaging, both currently available imaging biomarkers and biomarkers under development are expected to lead to major changes in the management of oncological patients. This well-illustrated two-volume book is a practical manual on the various imaging techniques capable of delivering functional information on cancer, including preclinical and clinical imaging techniques, based on US, CT, MRI, PET and hybrid modalities. This first volume explains the biophysical basis for these functional imaging techniques and describes the techniques themselves. Detailed information is provided on the imaging of cancer hallmarks, including angiogenesis, tumor metabolism, and hypoxia. The techniques and their roles are then discussed individually, covering the full range of modalities in clinical use as well as new molecular and functional techniques. The value of a multiparametric approach is also carefully considered.
MRI has become an important tool in the management of patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such as rectal cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases. This book, written by distinguished experts in the field, discusses in detail the technical, practical, and clinical aspects of MRI of the gastrointestinal tract. The chapters on technique encompass the most recent developments and address such topics as contrast media, high field strength MRI, and perfusion MRI. Subsequently, individual chapters are devoted to the clinical applications of MRI in the different parts of the gastrointestinal tract. Both established applications and new frontiers are considered, with the aid of numerous high-quality illustrations. By combining chapters dedicated to technical aspects and clinically oriented chapters, this book will prove very instructive for the novice while simultaneously offering experienced practitioners further insights into the value of MRI of the gastrointestinal tract.
External beam therapy is used to aim highly focused beams of radiation at the edge of the site where cancer is found. This book provides practical guidance, taking the reader through the fundamentals of clinical radiotherapy followed by detailed chapters on each tumour site, covering indications, treatment, and planning.