The use of a Leksell-BRW adapter for linac radiosurgery as an adjunct to Gamma Knife treatment

Phys Med Biol. 2003 Dec 21;48(24):4105-10. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/24/008.

Abstract

We have investigated the use of an adapter that permits the use of a Leksell coordinate frame with a linear accelerator stereotactic radiosurgery system based on the Brown-Robert-Wells (BRW) design. This device is useful when lesions that are planned for treatment on a Leksell Gamma Knife system are found to be inaccessible to the Gamma Knife. We have found that with this device objects within a head phantom can be targeted by the linear accelerator within an accuracy of approximately 1 mm.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Brain / surgery*
  • Combined Modality Therapy / instrumentation
  • Equipment Failure Analysis / methods*
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Radiosurgery / instrumentation*
  • Radiosurgery / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity