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Quality Assurance Program on Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Report from a Quality Assurance Task Group

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Günther H. Hartmann

    1. Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    • Günther H. Hartmann
    Pages 1-3

  3. Quality Assurance Aspects and Requirements

    • Günther H. Hartmann
    Pages 5-21

  4. Description of Recommended Quality Assurance Tests

    • Günther H. Hartmann
    Pages 23-73

  5. List of Tests

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    Pages 74-75

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 76-93
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About this book

Radiosurgery performed with the "Gamma Knife" or on a linac facility is a specific radiotherapy method to treat certain lesions in the brain with a high single radiation dose. Geometric miss of a radiosurgica target is considered the most likely serious error in a stereotactic radiosurgery treatment. Therefore, the issue of quality assurance in stereotactic radiosurgery is a serious one for neurosurgeons, physicists, patients and those of us who wish to analyze the results of radiosurgery. The purpose of this book is to offer and describe a quality assurance program and procedures of the physical and technical aspects through identifying the sources of possible errors and suggesting quality assurance tests that should be performed in order for a stereotactic system to be used clinically.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

    Günther H. Hartmann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quality Assurance Program on Stereotactic Radiosurgery

  • Book Subtitle: Report from a Quality Assurance Task Group

  • Authors: Günther H. Hartmann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79718-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-59199-3Published: 01 July 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-79718-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 93

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Radiotherapy, Neurosurgery, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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