Gamma Knife Neurosurgery

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ganz, Jeremy C. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosurgery.; Medicine & Public Health.

Today, over 500,000 patients have been treated world wide in 250 Gamma Knife Centres in 37 countries each one treating between 150 and 700 patients a year. The current book serves as a textbook, training manual and reference book for those involved in Gamma Knife practice covering the theoretical ba...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Section 1
• Background Principles and Technical Development
• 1 - Introduction and the Nature of Radiosurgery
• 2 - Principles of Stereotaxy
• 3 - Ionising Radiation and its Effects on Living Tissue
• 4 - Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation
• 5 - Ionising Radiation and Clinical Practic
• 6 - Gamma Knife Development from 1967 to 2010
• 7. Radiophysics, Radiobiology and the Gamma Knife
• 8 - Preparation for Treatment Planning
• 9 - Dose plan Indices
• Section 2
• The Patient’s Experience
• 10 - Gamma Knife surgery and computer networks
• 11 - Aims of Gamma Knife Surgery
• 12 - Principles of Information and Follow Up
• Section 3
• The Gamma Knife and Specific Diseases
• Tumours
• 13 - Vestibular Schwannomas
• 14 - Meningiomas
• 15 - Gamma Knife for Cerebral Metastases
• 16 - Intraparenchymal Intrinsic Brain Tumours
• 17 - Tumours of the Pituitary Region
• 18 - Less Common Skull Base Tumours.-
• Section 3
• The Gamma Knife and Specific Diseases
• Vascular Diseases
• 19 - Gamma Knife for Cerebral Vascular Anomalies
• Section 3
• The Gamma Knife and Specific Diseases
• Functional Indications
• 20 - Trigeminal Neuralgia
• 21 - Diverse Functional Indications
• Section 3
• The Gamma Knife and Specific Diseases
• Less Common Indications
• 22 - Rare tumours and other lesions
• 23 - Orbital Indications
• Section 4
• Conclusions
• 24 - Conclusion and possible Future Trends
• Appendix - Simple Unassisted Frame Application
• Index.