The use of a Leksell-BRW adapter for linac radiosurgery as an adjunct to Gamma Knife treatment

We have investigated the use of an adapter that permits the use of a Leksell coordinate frame with a linear accelerator stereotactic radiosurgery system based on the Brown-Robert-Wells (BRW) design. This device is useful when lesions that are planned for treatment on a Leksell Gamma Knife system are...

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Published in:	Physics in medicine & biology Vol. 48; no. 24; p. 4105
Main Authors:	Ekstrand, Kenneth E, Hinson, William H, Bourland, J Daniel, deGuzman, Allan F, Stieber, Volker W, Tatter, Steven B, Ellis, Thomas L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 21-12-2003
Subjects:	Brain - surgery Combined Modality Therapy - instrumentation Equipment Failure Analysis - methods Phantoms, Imaging Radiosurgery - instrumentation Radiosurgery - methods Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity
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Summary:	We have investigated the use of an adapter that permits the use of a Leksell coordinate frame with a linear accelerator stereotactic radiosurgery system based on the Brown-Robert-Wells (BRW) design. This device is useful when lesions that are planned for treatment on a Leksell Gamma Knife system are found to be inaccessible to the Gamma Knife. We have found that with this device objects within a head phantom can be targeted by the linear accelerator within an accuracy of approximately 1 mm.
ISSN:	0031-9155
DOI:	10.1088/0031-9155/48/24/008