Quality Assurance Program on Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Report from a Quality Assurance Task Group

Hartmann, Günter H.; Lutz, W.; Arndt, J.; Ermakov, I.; Podgorsak, E.B.; Schad, L.; Serago, C.; Vatnitsky, S.M.

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 treatment. 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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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 1995-07-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783540591993

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-79718-7

Dimensions: 190.0cm x127.0cm

Pages: 93.0