Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Lawrence S. Chin, MD, FACS Robert B. and Molly G. King Endowed Professor and Chair, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Neurosurgery, Syracuse, NY, USA. William F. Regine, MD Isadore and Fannie Schneider Foxman Chair and Professor of Radiation Oncology, Interim Chair, Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland, Department of Radiation Oncology, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Introduction.- History of Stereotactic Radiosurgery.- Imaging and Treatment and Follow-up in Stereotactic Radiosurgery.- Techniques of Stereotactic Neurosurgery.- Radiation Biology and Physics.- The Physics of Stereotactic Radiosurgery.- Radiobiology Principles of Stereotactic Radiosurgery.- Experimental Radiosurgery Models.- Treatment Planning.- Designing and Building a Radiosurgery Unit.- Stereotactic Radiosurgery Techniques.- Gamma Knife.- LINAC.- Charged Particle.- Cyberknife.- GammaPod.- Treatment of Disease Types.- Metastatic Brain Tumors.- Glial Tumors.- Meningiomas.- Acoustic Tumors.- Pituitary Tumors.- Pediatric Disorders.- Pineal Region Tumors.- Skull Base Tumors.- Head and Neck Tumor.- Spinal Tumors.- Arteriovenous Malformations.- Cavernous Malformations and other Vascular Abnormalities.- Trigeminal Neuralgia.- Movement Disorder.- Psychiatric and Pain Disorders.- Epilepsy.- Ocular and Orbital.- Extracranial Radiosurgery.- Patient Care and Socio-Economic Issues.- Complication Management in Radiosurgery.- Cost Effectiveness and Quality of Life.