title: The use of a Leksell-BRW adapter for linac radiosurgery as an adjunct to Gamma Knife treatment.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Ekstrand
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Hinson
authors.forename: J Daniel
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bourland
authors.forename: Allan F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: deGuzman
authors.forename: Volker W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Stieber
authors.forename: Steven B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Tatter
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity