Nanoparticle Enhanced Radiation Therapy

Introduction Part I Radiosensitization and fundamentals 1 The role of Auger electrons versus photoelectrons in nanoparticle dose enhancement 2 Deterministic computation benchmarks of nanoparticle dose enhancement—part I. Nanometer scales 3 Deterministic computation benchmarks of nanoparticle dose enhancement—part II. Microscopic to macroscopic scales 4 Mechanisms of low energy electron interactions with biomolecules: relationship to gold nanoparticle radiosensitization 5 Monte Carlo models of electron transport for dose-enhancement calculations in nanoparticle-aided radiotherapy 6 Nanoparticle-aided radiation therapy: challenges of treatment planning 7 Nanoparticle aided radiotherapy: quality assurance perspective 8 Optimal nanoparticle concentrations, toxicity and safety and gold nanoparticle design for radiation therapy applications 9 Translational nanomaterials for cancer radiation therapy 10 Gold nanoparticle enhanced radiosensitivity of cells: considerations and contradictions from model systems and basic investigations of cell damaging for radiation therapy Part II Imaging 11 Super-resolution microscopy of nanogold-labelling 12 X-ray based nanoparticle imaging 13 MRI based nanoparticle imaging 14 Nanoparticle detection using photoacoustic imaging (PAI) Part III Applications 15 Radiotherapy application with in situ dose-painting (RAiD) via inhalation delivery 16 High-Z ORAYA therapy for wet AMD and ocular cancers 17 Cerium oxide and titanium dioxide 18 Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI)