Radiosurgical planning: gamma tricks and cyber picks

Radiosurgical Planning: Gamma Tricks and Cyber Picks is a genuinely self-contained instruction manual for the art and science of radiosurgery the use of devices like the Gamma Knife, CyberKnife, Novalis, and Peacock to focus radiation onto a desired target such as a tumor. Radiosurgery is a complicated procedure requiring the physician to construct a radiosurgical plan, i.e., a map thattells the radiation device exactly where to aim the beams of radiation. Whilethere are plenty of books and articles describing radiosurgerys efficacy a recent Google search produced 913,000 hits, and there are currently more than 4500 scientific articles about radiosurgery listed with Medline until now there has been no instruction manual for those who wish to learn the secrets of its execution in common practice. NOTE: Included with the book is exciting, FREE radiosurgery simulator software (on a CD-ROM). This software is based on MatLabTM technology, and provides the user with a surprisingly realistic surgical experience!

• ISBN: 978-0-470-17556-9
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 07/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés