Table of Contents Forward
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Disclaimer
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Table of Contents
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Faculty List
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Chapter 1 –Coding & Reimbursement
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Ron DiGiaimo, MBA
Chapter 2 – ACRO Practice Management Guide Brachytherapy
D. Jeffrey Demanes, MD, FACRO Gregory Cotter MD Andrew Kennedy MD, FACRO Paul Wallner, D.O., FACR, FAOCR, FASTRO
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Chapter 3 – Federal Stark Laws: History and Recent Changes
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Chapter 4 – Pay for Performance and the Physician’s Quality Reporting Initiative
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Andrew L. Woods, JD Anna Weinstein, PhD
Paul E. Wallner, DO, FACR, FAOCR, FASTRO Jennifer C. Dreyfus, M.B.A.
Chapter 5 – Negotiating Managed Care Contracts For Radiation Oncology
Paul J. Schilling, M.D., FACRO,
Chapter 6 – Transition From Residency To Your First Job
Shilpen Patel MD Eric Hansen MD, Paul Wallner D.O., FACR, FAOCR, FASTRO
Chapter 7 – Perspectives on Partial Breast Radiotherapy
Arve Gillette, MD, FACR, FACRO
Chapter 8 – Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation:
M. E. Keisch, MD F. Vicini, MD
Chapter 9 – Perspectives on the Latest IGRT Equipment
Scott L. Sailer, MD
Chapter 10 – CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System for Tumor Treatment
Wendy Hara MD Scott G Soltys MD Iris C Gibbs MD
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Chapter 11 – ACCULOC IGRT – Localization Software, Implanted Fiducials and Evolving Patient Fixation
Andrew Jones Marc Mlyn
Chapter 12 – BrainLAB IGRT System ExacTrac X-Ray 6D
Mark Broeders, MBA, RT(T)
Chapter 14 – Overview of the TomoTherapy® Hi·Art® Helical Radiation Treatment System*
Sam Jeswani Thomas Rockwell Mackie Hidefumi Aoyama Peter Hoban Christopher Schuman
Chapter 15 – Overview of the Calypso® 4D Localization System™
John Sylvester, MD, Tricia Zeller, RN, MHA, Chris J. Hennessy, MS, Steve Eulau, MD Peter Grimm, DO,
Chapter 16 – Adaptive Radiation Therapy
Guillaume Grousset, MSc
Chapter 17 – Introduction to the Varian On-Board Imager®
Peter Munro, Ph.D., MCCPM, FAAPM
Chapter 18 – DVS-SmartMarkerTM: Clinical Implications for in-situ Dosimetry in Radiation Oncology.
Charles W. Scarantino MD, PhD Gloria P. Beyer PhD
Chapter 19 – Superficial Hyperthermia – Renaissance of a Powerful Radiosensitizer
Ellen L. Jones M.D. Ph. D.
Chapter 20 – Practice and Technology for Interstitial Hyperthermia
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Astrid Hoiss
Chapter 13 – The Clarity™ System
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Paul F. Turner, MSEE
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