Stereotactic radiosurgery of residual or recurrent craniopharyngioma: New treatment concept using leksell gamma knife model C with automatic positioning system

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 360-367

  Yomo, Shoji ^a   Hayashi, Motohiro ^a,b,c   Chernov, Mikhail ^a,b,c   Tamura, Noriko ^b   Izawa, Masahiro ^b   Okada, Yoshikazu ^b   Hori, Tomokatsu ^b   Iseki, Hiroshi ^a,b,c  

^a Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Women's Medical University   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic positioning system; Craniopharyngioma; Gamma knife radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EAR TUMOR; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; RADIATION DOSE; ROBOTICS; SCHOOL CHILD; STEADY STATE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70049110024     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000236370     Document Type: Article

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