Dr. Harald Paganetti is a distinguished figure in the field of radiation oncology, serving as Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Physics Research at Massachusetts General Hospital. He earned his PhD in experimental nuclear physics from the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn, Germany, in 1992.

Chapter 1: Proton Therapy: History and Rationale. Chapter 2: Physics of Proton Interactions in Matter. Chapter 3: Proton Accelerators and Gantries. Chapter 4: Proton Beam Scanning. Chapter 5: Beam Delivery Using Passive Scattering. Chapter 6: Proton FLASH Radiotherapy. Chapter 7: Secondary Radiation Production, Shielding and Activation. Chapter 8: Detectors, Relative Dosimetry, and Microdosimetry. Chapter 9: Absolute and Reference Dosimetry. Chapter 10: Monitor Unit Calculation. Chapter 11: Monte Carlo Simulations in Proton Therapy. Chapter 12: Acceptance Testing and Commissioning. Chapter 13: Quality Assurance. Chapter 14: In Vivo Treatment Verification. Chapter 15: Image Guidance in Proton Therapy. Chapter 16: Imaging for Treatment Planning. Chapter 17: Dose Calculation Algorithms. Chapter 18: Physics of Treatment Planning for Single-Field Uniform Dose. Chapter 19: Physics of Treatment Planning Using Scanned Beams. Chapter 20: Precision and Uncertainties in Planning and Delivery. Chapter 21: Precision and Uncertainties for Moving Targets. Chapter 22: Treatment Plan Optimization. Chapter 23: Adaptive Proton Therapy. Chapter 24: The Physics of Proton Biology. Chapter 25: Fully Exploiting the Benefits of Protons: Using Risk Models for Normal Tissue Complications in Treatment Optimization. Chapter 26: Outcome Modeling for Treatment Selection. Index.