Book Review: Proton Therapy Physics, Second edition edited by Harold Paganetti
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BOOK REVIEW
Book Review: Proton Therapy Physics, Second edition edited by Harold Paganetti CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2019, 758 pp., ISBN: 9781138626508 Alexandre M. C. Santos1,2
© Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine 2020
CRC press have updated and expanded on the first edition of Proton Therapy Physics edited by Professor Harold Paganetti which was first published in 2012. The successful first edition has been restructured with the addition of a few new chapters. Originally with 20 chapters the second edition comes with 23 chapters. The second edition also sees the return of all the previous contributing experts, with the addition of a few others. With the significant increase in number of proton therapy centres around the world, this second edition comes at a good time to provide an update on this continually developing field. The second edition of Proton Therapy Physics is broken into seven sections. Section I Background consists of two chapters which cover the history of proton therapy and the physics of proton interactions. Section II Beam Delivery consists of four chapters covering proton accelerators and the different clinical delivery systems. The physics of different accelerator designs are discussed, not only cyclotrons and synchrotrons but also a look to future accelerator designs. Even though newly built proton therapy centres are almost purely pencil beam scanning systems, I still enjoyed the chapter on passive scattering. This is still a relevant beam delivery system considering many of the centres currently in operation use passive scattering. Section III Dosimetry has four chapters which cover the shielding of proton therapy facilities and Monte Carlo simulations. Also, the dosimetry chapter from the first edition has now been separated into two chapters covering detectors and * Alexandre M. C. Santos [email protected] 1
Department of Medical Physics, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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relative dosimetry, and absolute dosimetry. This expansion has enabled a substantial increase in the dosimetry discussion, which I am thankful for. While this is by no means a complete review of the vast dosimeter characteristics and requirements for proton beam dosimetry, I applaud the author for the discussion. Section IV Operation dedicates three chapters to discuss acceptance testing, commissioning, quality assurance and monitor unit calibration, which was covered by one chapter in the first edition. Similar to the dosimetry section, this expansion allows for a significant overview of practical tests and considerations to setup and operate a proton therapy facility. It is unfortunate timing that the quality assurance chapter was written just before the release of the recently published AAPM TG-224 report [1]. Section V Treatment Planning/Delivery is the largest section consisting of six chapters to cover dose calculation algorithms, treatment planning conc
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