CyberKnife NeuroRadiosurgery A practical Guide

This book is a practical guide on image-guided robotic (CyberKnife®) radiosurgery of the brain and the spine. The volume introduces the radiosurgical community to the potential of image-guidance in the treatment of neurosurgical diseases including neuro-oncological, vascular and functional disorders...

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Other Authors: Conti, Alfredo (Editor), Romanelli, Pantaleo (Editor), Pantelis, Evangelos (Editor), Soltys, Scott G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Creating the Future
  • CyberKnife Warfare in America: Battles at the Border Between Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology
  • The CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System
  • The Target Locating System for CyberKnife NeuroRadiosurgery
  • Treatment Planning
  • Small Field Dosimetry
  • Quality Control
  • Morphological Imaging
  • Functional Imaging
  • Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) tractography
  • Metabolic Imaging
  • Radiobiology of Radiosurgery and Hypofractionated Treatments
  • Organs at Risk (OAR) Tolerance in Hypofractionated Radiosurgery
  • Brain Metastasis: Therapeutic, Diagnostic and Strategic Considerations
  • Brain Metastasis: The Experience of the Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery
  • Multiple Brain Metastases
  • Large Metastases and Tumor Bed
  • Parasagittal and Convexity Meningiomas
  • Skull Base Meningiomas
  • High Grade Meningiomas and Hemagiopericytomas
  • Perioptic Meningiomas
  • Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas
  • Vestibular Schwannomas
  • Large Vestibular Schwannomas
  • Pituitary Adenomas
  • Craniopharyngiomas
  • Malignant Gliomas
  • Pilocytic Astrocytomas
  • Pineal Tumors
  • Reirradiation of Skull Base Tumors
  • Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas
  • Paragangliomas of Head and Neck
  • Paragangliomas: a case series from Burdenko Institute
  • Brainstem Tumors
  • Uveal Melanoma
  • Pediatric Radiosurgery
  • Immunotherapy and Radiosurgery
  • Spinal Metastases
  • Reirradiation of Spinal Metastases
  • Benign Spinal Tumors
  • Intradural Spinal Lesions
  • Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Large Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Cerebral Cavernous Malformations
  • Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
  • Cavernous Sinus Hemangiomas
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Movement Disorders
  • Epilepsy
  • Psychiatric/Behavioral Disorders.