| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 376 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction and the nature of radiosurgery -- Principles of stereotaxy -- Ionizing radiation and its effects on living tissue -- Biological effects of ionizing radiation -- Ionizing radiation and clinical practice -- Gamma knife development from 1967 to 2010 -- Radiophysics, radiobiology and the gamma knife -- Preparation for treatment planning -- Dose plan indices -- Gamma knife surgery and computer networks -- Aims of gamma knife surgery -- Principles of information and follow up -- Vestibular schwannomas -- Meningiomas -- Gamma knife for cerebral metastases -- Intraparenchymal intrinsic brain tumors -- Tumors of the pituitary region -- Less common skull base tumors -- Gamma knife for cerebral vascular anomalies -- Trigeminal neuralgia -- Diverse functional indications -- Rare tumors and other lesions -- Orbital indications -- Conclusion and possible future trends |
| Summary |
Today, over 500,000 patients have been treated world wide in 250 Gamma Knife Centres in 37 countries each one treating between 150 and 700 patients a year. The current book serves as a textbook, training manual and reference book for those involved in Gamma Knife practice covering the theoretical background, the practical aspects of treatment, the social side of the method and necessary information not only for users but for those who refer to the Gamma Knife. It also covers some aspects of the hospital and social administration required for optimal use of the technology, also looking at the effect of the internet on specialist medical practice. It also presents the completely new Gamma Knife (Perfexion), a new technology which extends the range of the Gamma Knife and will be the treatment standard for the future |
| Analysis |
geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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neurologie |
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neurology |
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chirurgie |
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surgery |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Radiosurgery.
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Ionizing radiation.
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Radiosurgery
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Neurosurgical Procedures -- instrumentation
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Nervous System Diseases -- radiotherapy
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Nervous System Diseases -- surgery
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Radiation, Ionizing
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Médecine.
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Ionizing radiation
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Radiosurgery
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010935853 |
| ISBN |
9783709103432 |
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3709103436 |
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9783709103425 |
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3709103428 |
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