Advances in technology for intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery.
Published
Journal Article (Review)
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) refers to a single radiation treatment delivering a high dose to an intra-cranial target localized in three-dimensions by CT and/or MRI imaging. Traditionally, immobilization of the patient's head has been achieved using a rigid stereotactic head frame as the key step in allowing for accurate dose delivery. SRS has been delivered by both Cobalt-60 (Gamma Knife) and linear accelerator (linac) technologies for many decades. The focus of this review is to highlight recent advances and major innovations in SRS technologies relevant to clinical practice and developments allowing for non-invasive frame SRS.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Sahgal, A; Ma, L; Chang, E; Shiu, A; Larson, DA; Laperriere, N; Yin, F-F; Tsao, M; Menard, C; Basran, PS; Létourneau, D; Heydarian, M; Beachey, D; Shukla, V; Cusimano, M; Hodaie, M; Zadeh, G; Bernstein, M; Schwartz, M
Published Date
- August 2009
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 8 / 4
Start / End Page
- 271 - 280
PubMed ID
- 19645520
Pubmed Central ID
- 19645520
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1533-0346
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1177/153303460900800404
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States