Advances in Radiation Treatment Delivery and Quality Assurance - Virtual Issue Introduction
Channel: Journal Video Highlights
Date: 08/06/2021

The continuing strengthening of the role of radiation therapy as a primary cancer treatment modality over the past few decades has been largely due to a series of technological innovations that led to a more and more targeted treatment delivery. Radiation treatment technology  in a typical radiotherapy department in the 1980s looked a lot  different from today’s equipment. This virtual issue highlights 15 Medical Physics publications that serve as landmarks of the remarkable evolution in treatment delivery. A particular focus is on the delivery of intensity-modulated radiation therapy, as well as on related imaging and quality assurance developments.


Edited by Thomas Rockwell Mackie & Thomas Bortfeld