TCRT April 2003

Volume 2
No. 2 (p 77-180)
April 2003
ISSN 1533-0338

Gentlemen (and Ladies), Choose your Weapons: Gamma Knife vs. Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery (p. 79-86)

This article compares and contrasts Gamma Knife® radiosurgery with linear accelerator-based radiosurgery; where appropriate, Cyberknife™ technology is discussed. Topics covered are: positioning of the head (invasive versus non-invasive positioning systems); collimator construction; beam properties; beam arrangements; treatment planning; and issues regarding manpower (including a discussion of patient repositioning during treatment), machine availability, and financial considerations.

Key words: Gamma Knife, stereotactic radiosurgery, Cyberknife, linear accelerator, brain tumors.

Volker W. Stieber, M.D.^1,*
J. Daniel Bourland, Ph.D.²
Wolfgang A. Tomé, Ph.D.³
Minesh P. Mehta, M.D.⁴

¹Department of Radiation Oncology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1030, USA
²Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
³Department of Human Oncology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
⁴Senior author:
Department of Human Oncology
University of Wisconsin
600 Highland Avenue K4 312 3684
Madison, WI 53792-3684, USA
*vstieber@wfubmc.edu

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