title: An improved technique for comparing Gamma Knife dose-volume distributions in stereotactic radiosurgery.
abstract: A function derived from the geometry of brachytherapy dose distributions is applied to stereotactic radiosurgery and an algorithm for the production of a novel dose-volume histogram, the Anderson inverse-square shifted dose-volume histogram (DVH), is proposed. The expected form of the function to be plotted is checked by calculating its value for single focus exposures, and its application to clinical examples of Gamma Knife treatments described. The technique is shown to provide a valuable tool for assessing the adequacy of radiosurgical plans and comparing and reporting dose distributions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK. s.tozer-loft@sheffield.ac.uk
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tozer-Loft
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kemeny
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003626:Data Display; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008579:Meningioma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008954:Models, Biological; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000532:radiotherapy; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage