Film dosimetry for linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy Book Section
| Authors: | Chan, M.; Song, Y. |
| Editor: | Das, I. J. |
| Article/Chapter Title: | Film dosimetry for linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy |
| Title Series: | Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy |
| Abstract: | A Swedish neurosurgeon and scientist, Lars Leksell (1907-1986) at the age of 42, designed and developed the world’s first stereotactic frame based on three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system [1,2]. Two years later in 1951, Leksell and a medical physicist named Borje Larsson developed the earliest methodology of radiosurgery by using X-ray beams generated from the Uppsala University cyclotron [3]. Their goal was to treat small intracranial tumors that were not accessible by conventional surgery noninvasively. The initial concept of radiosurgery was to deliver a series of slit beams of radiation from multiple directions and focus them on the target. In this way, the target can receive a lethal dose of radiation, whereas the nearby healthy tissue can be adequately spared. © 2018 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. |
| Book Title: | Radiochromic Film: Role and Applications in Radiation Dosimetry |
| ISBN: | 9781498776493 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press |
| Publication Place: | Boca Raton, FL |
| Date Published: | 2017-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 165 |
| End Page: | 184 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1201/9781315154879 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Book Chapter: 9 -- Export Date: 1 November 2018 -- Source: Scopus |
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