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Gamma Knife Surgery: A Guide for Referring Physicians

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Author(s): Jeremy C. Ganz M. A. (Cantab), Ph. D. (Bergen), F. R. C. S. (London) (auth.)
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Year: 1993

Language: English
Pages: 173
Tags: Neurosurgery;Neurology;Oncology;Radiotherapy;Otorhinolaryngology;Biophysics and Biological Physics

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-6
Principles of Stereotaxy....Pages 7-18
Ionising Radiation and Its Physical and Chemical Effects on Living Tissue....Pages 19-34
Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation....Pages 35-49
Ionising Radiation and Clinical Practice....Pages 50-54
Development of the Gamma Knife....Pages 55-65
Radiophysics, Radiobiology and the Gamma Knife....Pages 66-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: A Patient’s Eye View....Pages 79-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Diverse Clinical Aspects....Pages 87-96
Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations....Pages 97-111
Acoustic Schwannomas....Pages 112-121
Gamma Knife Applications in and around the Pituitary Fossa....Pages 122-132
Meningiomas....Pages 133-142
Miscellaneous Indications for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery....Pages 143-152
The Future....Pages 153-155
Back Matter....Pages 157-166