Shaped Beam Radiosurgery State of the Art /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: De Salles, Antonio A. F. (Editor), Gorgulho, Alessandra (Editor), Agazaryan, Nzhde (Editor), Slotman, Ben (Editor), Selch, Michael (Editor), Burwick, Aaaron J. (Editor), Schulz, Raymond (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Radiotherapy.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Surgical Oncology.

Novalis® Shaped Beam Radiosurgery has set new standards by delivering highly precise radiation treatments to tumors anywhere in the body through the use of a proprietary multileaf collimator. By shaping the radiation beam to the exact contours of the tumor or lesion, Novalis permits maximum dose del...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• I: Clinical & Technical Basis for Shaped Beam Radiosurgery: 10 Yrs of Shaped Beam RS at UCLA
• Shaped Beam SRS
• Delivery Techniques
• Image Guidance
• Monte Carlo Planning
• QA/Dosimetric Evaluation
• Fractionation & Radiobiology
• RapidArc Radiosurgery
• II: Cranial and Skull Base Applications: AVM
• Meningiomas
• Acoustic Neuromas
• Pituitary Adenomas
• Craniopharyngiomas
• Metastases
• Gliomas
• Chordomas
• Rare & Unusual CNS Tumors.-III: Spinal Applications: Spinal Cord Tolerance
• Malignant Spinal Lesions
• Benign Spinal Lesions
• Skull-Base Malignant Tumors
• Spinal AVMs.-IV: Non-CNS Extracranial Applications: Head & Neck
• Liver+Lung
• Lung clinical
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Prostate (Soete).-V: Functional and Future: Frame-Based & Frameless Precision
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Movement Disorders
• Epilepsy
• Spinal Ganglia
• Spinal SRS and QOL Improvement
• Future Applications.