Artigo Revisado por pares

Physical Aspects of Dynamic Stereotactic Radiosurgery

1987; Karger Publishers; Volume: 50; Issue: 1-6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1159/000100723

ISSN

1423-0372

Autores

Ervin B. Podgoršak, André Olivier, Marina Pla, Joseph Hazel, Alain de Lotbinière, G. Bruce Pike,

Tópico(s)

Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment

Resumo

Dynamic stereotactic radiosurgery is a radiosurgical technique based on a medium-energy isocentric linear accelerator and a stereotactic frame. The technique uses concurrent and continuous rotations of both the gantry (300 degrees, from 30 to 330 degrees) and the couch (150 degrees, from 75 to -75 degrees). It gives a uniform dose (+/- 5%) within the target volume and dose fall-offs outside the target volume comparable to those obtained from presently known radiosurgical techniques.

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