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 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.
Ekstrand
Kenneth E
KE
Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Hinson
William H
WH
Bourland
J Daniel
JD
deGuzman
Allan F
AF
Stieber
Volker W
VW
Tatter
Steven B
SB
Ellis
Thomas L
TL
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