Gamma Knife Radiosurgery European Standards and Perspectives

Gamma knife radiosurgery has grown continually in importance in recent years. However, there was a lack of established clinical and physical quality standards and a good knowledge of the possibilities of radiosurgical treatment for brain lesions. This book fills the gap by giving an overview of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wowra, B. (Editor), Tonn, J.-C. (Editor), Muacevic, A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
Series:Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Modern multimodal neuroim aging for radiosurgery: the example of PET scan integration
  • High precision radiosurgery and technical standards
  • Clinical qualit y standa rds for gamma knife radiosurgery — The Munich protocol
  • Gamma knife surgery for epilepsy related to hypothalamic hamartomas
  • Gamma knife radiosurgery for nonfunctioning pituitar y adenomas
  • Gamma knife radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations
  • Gamma knife radi osurgery for skull base meningiomas
  • Result s of outpatient gamma knife radiosurgery for primary therapy of acoustic neuromas
  • Gamma knife radio surgery for patients with multiple cerebral metastases
  • Special indications of gamma knife surgery
  • Microneurosurger y and radiosurgery: an attractive combination
  • Author index
  • Index of Keywords