Clinical conformal radiotherapy is the holy grail of

radiation treatment and is now becoming a reality

through the combined efforts of physical scientists

and engineers, who have improved the physical

basis of radiotherapy, and the interest and

concern of imaginative radiotherapists and

radiographers.

This book describes in detail the physics germane

to the development of a particular form of clinical

conformal radiotherapy called intensity modulated

radiation therapy (IMRT). IMRT has become a

topic of tremendous importance within the last 1-2

years and is now being seriously investigated for

its potential to improve the outcome of radiation

therapy. The book is immensely timely.

The book collates the state-of-the-art literature

together with the author's personal research

experience and that of colleagues in the field to

produce a text suitable for new research workers,

PhD students, and practising radiation physicists

requiring a thorough introduction to IMRT. The

book has been prepared in a form suitable for

supporting a teaching course. It is fully illustrated,

indexed and referenced. The book is primarily

aimed at scientists with degree level physics with

mathematics and at medically qualified doctors. It

will also be of interest to other physicists, other

physical scientists, radiotherapists, radiotherapy

radiographers and to the medical technology

industry.