3D Simulation of  external  beam  radiotherapy

dc.contributor.author	Karangelis, Grigorios	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Darmstadt	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-21T06:42:15Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-21T06:42:15Z
dc.date.issued	Dec 2004	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Cancer belongs to a group of disease characterized by tumor growth and spread, and is the most significant health care problem in European and Western Countries. The clinical processes used to treat cancer can be separated into drug treatments, radiation therapy [Meyer96] (RT) treatment or even a combination of them [Zambo94]. RT uses radiation in order to deliver a very accurate dose of radiation to a well-defined target volume with minimal damage to surrounding healthy tissues. The wanted result is the eradication of the disease and the improvement or prolongation of patient's life. The amount of required dose can be applied on the tumor site using external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy [Kolot99]. Hence RT is a very demanding process that requires accuracy and affectivity not only for the elimination of the cancer sells but also for the protection of the healthy organs within the human body. In this dissertation it is of interest the radiation therapy process (RTP) using external beam radiotherapy (EBRA).	en_US
dc.format	application/pdf	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/8169
dc.language	English	en_US
dc.publisher	Karangelis, Grigorios	en_US
dc.title	3D Simulation of external beam radiotherapy	en_US
dc.type	Text.PhDThesis	en_US

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