This book educates readers about new technologies before they appear in hospitals, enabling medical physicists and clinicians to prepare for new technologies thoroughly and proactively, and provide better patient care immediately, once new equipment becomes available.

Chapter 1 ¿ Recent Advances in Computed Tomography Chapter 2 ¿ Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Radiation Oncology Chapter 3 ¿ Biological Imaging and Radiobiological Modeling for Treatment Planning and Response Assessment in Radiation Therapy Chapter 4 ¿ Multimodality Imaging for Planning and Assessment in Radiation Therapy Chapter 5 ¿ Advances in Computing Infrastructure Chapter 6 ¿ Advances in Inverse Planning Algorithm and Strategy Chapter 7 ¿ Advances in Patient Setup and Target Localization Chapter 8 ¿ Progress in Magnetic Resonance-guided Radiotherapy (MR-gRT) Unit Developments Chapter 9 ¿ Advances in Charged Particle Therapy Machines Chapter 10 ¿ Nonconventional Therapy Chapter 11 ¿ New Dosimetry Materials, Devices, and Systems Chapter 12 ¿ Safety Aspects, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, and Safety Enhancement Technologies Chapter 13 ¿ Informatics as a Pathway for Integrating Radiation Oncology into Modern Medicine Chapter 14 ¿ Big Data Applications in Radiation Oncology