Quality assurance program on stereotactic radiosurgery : report from a quality assurance task group /
Radiosurgery performed with the "Gamma Knife" or on a linac facility is a specific radiotherapy method to treat certain lesions in the brain with a high single radiation dose. Geometric miss of a radiosurgica target is considered the most likely serious error in a stereotactic radiosurgery...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[1995]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Radiosurgery performed with the "Gamma Knife" or on a linac facility is a specific radiotherapy method to treat certain lesions in the brain with a high single radiation dose. Geometric miss of a radiosurgica target is considered the most likely serious error in a stereotactic radiosurgery treaatment. Therefore, the issue of quality assurance in stereotactic radiosurgery is a serious one for neurosurgeons, physicists, patients and those of us who wish to analyze the results of radiosurgery. The purpose of this book is to offer and describe a quality assurance program and procedures of the physical and technical aspects through identifying the sources of possible errors and suggesting quality assurance tests that should be performed in order for a stereotactic system to be used clinically. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 93 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-93). |
| ISBN: | 9783642797187 (electronic bk.) 3642797180 (electronic bk.) |