This is a practical guide to the implementation of 3D/4D ultrasound imaging in radiography. Among its features are the coverage of the technology utilised for ultrasound-guided radiotherapy, clinical need and advantages of using ultrasound. It is a practical guide for users which incorporates implementation, potential errors, uncertainties and training. This is a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art technologies which also looks at the future direction of this exciting field. Researchers, students, hospital physicists and radiographers will all find this book of use as it guides them through current clinical situation and examines the full potential of ultrasound in radiotherapy. Part of IPEM-IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology.

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1. Introduction / Davide Fontanarosa and Emma Harris -- 2. Ultrasound imaging physics and technology / Emma Harris -- 3. Registration of ultrasound with radiotherapy room coordinates / Davide Fontanarosa, Saskia Camps and Svenja Ipsen -- 4. Ultrasound probe setup and image quality / Saskia Camps, Alexander Grimwood and Sarah Mason -- 5. Ultrasound in the radiotherapy planning process / Davide Fontanarosa, Emma Harris and Alexander Schlaefer -- 6. Ultrasound for measuring interfraction organ motion / Saskia Camps and Christopher Edwards -- 7. Ultrasound for measuring intrafractional organ motion / Alexander Grimwood and Svenja Ipsen -- 8. Applications of ultrasound to adaptive radiotherapy / Saskia Camps, Emma Harris and Sarah Mason -- 9. Automation and robotics in ultrasound-guided radiotherapy / Svenja Ipsen, Floris Ernst and Alexander Schlaefer -- 10. Artificial intelligence applications in ultrasound-guided radiotherapy / Saskia Camps and Maria Antico -- 11. Ionoacoustics / Katia Parodi and Walter Assmann -- 12. Future directions for ultrasound imaging in radiotherapy / Emma Harris and Frank Verhaegen.