Stereotactic Radiosurgery

by Alexander, Eben; Loeffler, Jay S.; Lunsford, L. Dade

• ISBN13: 9780070010208
• ISBN10: 007001020X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-08-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Table of Contents

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
General Introduction: History of Radiosurgery	p. 1
Technical Considerations, Radiation Physics, and Radiobiology
Radiation Physics for Radiosurgery	p. 7
Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning for Stereotactic Radiosurgery	p. 17
Dosimetry and Dose-Volume Relationships in Radiosurgery	p. 31
Radiation Injury in the Central Nervous System	p. 43
Animal Models in Radiosurgery	p. 51
Radiosurgical Systems
Linear Accelerators in Stereotactic Radiosurgery	p. 67
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery	p. 77
Heavy-Charged-Particle Radiosurgery: Rationale and Method	p. 87
A New Stereotactic Alignment System for Charged-Particle Radiosurgery at the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory, Boston	p. 105
Clinical Results
Vascular Malformations
The Role of Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Management of Brain Vascular Malformations	p. 111
Charged-Particle Radiosurgery	p. 122
Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Cerebral Vascular Malformations	p. 136
LINAC Radiosurgery for Arteriovenous Malformations	p. 147
Particle-Beam Irradiation of the Pituitary Gland	p. 157
Pituitary Adenomas: Gamma Knife	p. 167
Skull Base Radiosurgery	p. 175
The Role of Radiosurgery in the Management of Pediatric Intracranial Lesions	p. 189
Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Intracranial Metastases	p. 197
Radiosurgery for Gliomas	p. 207
Special Indications: Radiosurgery for Functional Neurosurgery and Epilepsy	p. 221
Future Directions
Particle Beams	p. 229
The Future of Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery	p. 235
Linear Accelerators	p. 243
Index	p. 249
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