BookJeremy C. Ganz.
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.