On-Treatment Verification Imaging

Mike Kirby and Kerrie-Anne Calder are well-respected authors and radiotherapy professionals, who have worked in radiotherapy physics/radiotherapy clinical and academic practice for nearly 30 years and 20 years respectively.Mike Kirby is a Lecturer in Radiotherapy Physics at the University of Liverpool, UK, and an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK. He holds graduate and postgraduate qualifications in medical physics and has in total over 150 books, papers, oral and poster presentations to his name in the field of radiotherapy. Dr. Kirby holds professional membership of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the American Society for Radiation Oncology, the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology and the British Institute of Radiology and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.Kerrie-Anne Calder is of the University of Liverpool, UK, where she educates undergraduate and post graduate students in many aspects of radiotherapy with a special interest and role in imaging training. -Kerrie-Anne has graduate and postgraduate qualifications in both radiotherapy and education, is a member of the Society and College of Radiographers, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK. She was a clinical and professional lead in on-treatment radiotherapy verification at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (Wirral, UK) for over ten years.

• 1. The Concepts and Consequences of Set-up Errors. 2. The Foundations of the Equipment used for Radiotherapy Verification. 3. Concepts of On-Treatment Verification. 4. Clinical Protocols and Imaging Training. 5. Concomitant Exposures and Legal Framework. 6. Foundational Principles of Protocols, Tolerances, Action Levels, and Corrective Strategies. 7. Imaging Science, Imaging Equipment (Pre-treatment and On-treatment). 8. Clinical Practice Principles. 9. Quality Systems and Quality Assurance. 10. Alternative Technologies. 11. Incident Reporting. 12. Protocol Development and Training. 13. Commissioning of new on-treatment imaging equipment and techniques; Intergration into the Oncology Management System

“On-treatment verification imaging has developed rapidly in recent years and is now at the heart of image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and all aspects of radiotherapy planning and treatment delivery. This is the first book dedicated to just this important topic, which is written in an accessible manner for undergraduate and graduate therapeutic radiography (radiation therapist) students and trainee medical physicists and clinicians. The later sections of the book will also help established medical physicists, therapeutic radiographers, and radiation therapists familiarise themselves with developing and cutting-edge techniques in IGRT. This book's aim is to teach the principles and the practice of IGRT. Both authors, Mike Kirby and Kerrie-Anne Calder, have extensive experience in clinical and academic radiotherapy. Their passion for educating and training multidisciplinary teams of radiotherapy professionals is evident throughout the text. Although it is written with a U.K. perspective, the authors, with the help of an ample list of references, provide a good overview of IGRT as it is practiced globally. The book is written by keeping in mind the needs of radiation therapists who are working in radiation oncology departments. It could also serve as an introductory IGRT text for medical physicists and allied clinical staff, such as physicists in training and medical residents and clinicians. Parts of the book are devoted to IGRT quality assurance (QA) and commissioning, incident reporting, and staff training, which should appeal to all medical physicists working in radiotherapy.This well-written book could serve as a template for an IGRT training course and would be a nice teaching tool for radiation therapists and junior physicists. It provides a comprehensive review of a range of topics pertaining to the clinical implementation of IGRT, including imaging techniques, image tools and protocols, treatment errors, and correction strategies. Interested readers should benefit from reading important sections on staff training, incident reporting, and IGRT commissioning and QA. In summary, the book is a welcome addition to the IGRT literature aimed at safe and effective delivery of radiotherapy.”—Anil Sethi, PhD, FAAPM (Loyola University Chicago) in Doody’s Core Titles Review 2022.