chapter PART A: Fundamentals -- chapter 1 Structure of Matter -- chapter 2 Radioactivity -- chapter 3 Interactions of Charged Particles with Matter -- chapter 4 Interactions of Photons with Matter -- chapter 5 The Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation Transport -- chapter 6 Principles and Basic Concepts in Radiation Dosimetry -- chapter PART B: Radiobiology -- chapter 7 Radiobiology of Tumours -- chapter 8 Radiobiology of Normal Tissues -- chapter 9 Dose Fractionation in Radiotherapy -- chapter PART C: Equipment -- chapter 10 Kilovoltage X-Ray Units -- chapter 11 Linear Accelerators -- chapter 12 Cobalt Machines -- chapter 13 Simulators -- chapter 14 Portal Imaging Devices -- chapter PART D: Dose Measurement -- chapter 15 Ionisation Chambers -- chapter 16 Radiothermoluminescent Dosimeters and Diodes -- chapter 17 Radiation Sensitive Films and Gels -- chapter 18 Absolute Dose Determination under Reference Conditions -- chapter 19 Relative Dose Measurements and Commissioning -- chapter APPENDIX D: Supplementary Details on Codes of Practice for Absolute Dose Determination -- chapter PART E: Clinical Beams -- chapter 20 From Measurements to Calculations -- chapter 21 Kilovoltage X-Rays -- chapter 22 Megavoltage Photon Beams -- chapter 23 Manual Dose Calculations in Photon Beams -- chapter 24 Electron Beams -- chapter PART F: Patient Dose Computation Methods -- chapter 25 Principles of Patient Dose Computation -- chapter 26 Patient Dose Computation for Photon Beams -- chapter 27 Patient Dose Computation for Electron Beams -- chapter 28 Monte-Carlo Based Patient Dose Computation -- chapter PART G: Treatment Planning -- chapter 29 Target De?nition -- chapter 30 Patient Data Acquisition -- chapter 31 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Treatment Planning -- chapter 32 Beam De?nition�Virtual Simulation -- chapter 33 Photon-Beam Treatment Planning Techniques -- chapter 34 Electron-Beam Treatment Planning Techniques -- chapter 35 Dose Evaluation of Treatment Plans -- chapter 36 Biological Evaluation of Treatment Plans -- chapter PART H: Quality Assurance -- chapter 37 Rationale and Management of the Quality System -- chapter 38 Quality Control of Megavoltage Equipment -- chapter 39 Quality Assurance of the Treatment Planning Process -- chapter 40 Quality Control of Treatment Delivery -- chapter 41 Recording and Verification�Networking -- chapter 42 Data Communication with DICOM -- chapter PART I: Special Techniques -- chapter 43 Conformal and Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy -- chapter 44 Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy: Practical Aspects -- chapter 45 Stereotactic Techniques -- chapter 46 Proton Beams in Radiotherapy -- chapter 47 Total Body Irradiation -- chapter 48 Total Skin Electron Irradiation -- chapter 49 High-LET Modalities -- chapter PART J: Brachytherapy -- chapter 50 Clinical Introduction to Brachytherapy -- chapter 51 Calibration and Quality Assurance of Brachytherapy Sources -- chapter 52 Afterloading Equipment for Brachytherapy -- chapter 53 Dose Calculation for Brachytherapy Sources -- chapter 54 Brachytherapy Treatment Planning -- chapter 55 Radiobiology of Brachytherapy -- chapter PART K: Therapy with Unsealed Sources -- chapter 56 Dosimetry of Unsealed Sources -- chapter 57 Radionuclide Selection for Unsealed Source Therapy -- chapter 58 Radiopharmaceutical Targeting for Unsealed Source Therapy -- chapter PART L: Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy -- chapter 59 Theoretical Background to Radiation Protection -- chapter 60 Radiation Protection Regulation -- chapter 61 Practical Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy -- chapter PART M: Reference Data -- chapter TABLES M.1 PHYSICAL CONSTANTS AND USEFUL DATA -- chapter TABLES M.2 ELECTRON STOPPING POWERS, RANGES, AND RADIATION YIELDS -- chapter Tables M.3 Photon Interaction Coefficients -- chapter Table M.4 Radioactive Nuclides Used in Radiotherapy.