Technological quality requirements for stereotactic radiotherapy: Expert review group consensus from the DGMP Working Group for Physics and Technology in …

D Schmitt, O Blanck, T Gauer, MK Fix… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2020 - Springer
This review details and discusses the technological quality requirements to ensure the
desired quality for stereotactic radiotherapy using photon external beam radiotherapy as …

[HTML][HTML] Hippocampal sparing radiation therapy for brain metastases: treatment techniques and clinical implementation

K Woods, ZL Shen, Z Xu, H Zhang… - Chinese Clinical …, 2023 - cco.amegroups.org
High doses of radiation to the hippocampus have been correlated with increased cognitive
decline following radiation therapy for brain metastases. To mitigate these effects, a variety …

Effect of setup error in the single‐isocenter technique on stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases

H Nakano, S Tanabe, S Utsunomiya… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In conventional stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), treatment of multiple brain metastases
using multiple isocenters is time‐consuming resulting in long dose delivery times for …

Survival and outcomes in patients with≥ 25 cumulative brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery

CG Benjamin, J Gurewitz, A Kavi, K Bernstein… - Journal of …, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE In the era in which more patients with greater numbers of brain metastases
(BMs) are being treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone, it is critical to understand …

Dosimetric comparison of fractionated radiosurgery plans using frameless Gamma Knife ICON and CyberKnife systems with linear accelerator–based radiosurgery …

EY Han, H Wang, D Luo, J Li, X Wang - Journal of neurosurgery, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE For patients with multiple large brain metastases with at least 1 target volume
larger than 10 cm 3, multifractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (MF-SRS) has commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery versus hippocampal-avoidance whole brain radiation therapy for patients with 10 to 30 brain metastases: a dosimetric …

TK Nguyen, A Sahgal, J Detsky, H Soliman… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare normal tissue dosimetry between hippocampal-avoidance whole brain
radiation therapy (HA-WBRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in patients with 10 to 30 …

[HTML][HTML] Transition from manual to automated planning and delivery of volumetric modulated arc therapy stereotactic radiosurgery: clinical, dosimetric, and quality …

RA Popple, MH Brown, EM Thomas, CD Willey… - Practical radiation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Properly planned single isocenter volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
radiosurgery plans exhibit high quality and efficiency. We report here the largest clinical …

Whole-brain radiation therapy versus stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral metastases

HK Perlow, K Dibs, K Liu, W Jiang… - Neurosurgery …, 2020 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Since the mid–twentieth century, whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) has been used to
treat patients with brain metastases using 2 lateral opposing fields to cover the entire brain …

GammaKnife versus VMAT radiosurgery plan quality for many brain metastases

PS Potrebko, A Keller, S All, S Sejpal… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this work was to compare dose distributions between two radiosurgery
modalities, single‐isocenter volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), and GammaKnife …

Exploring feasibility criteria for stereotactic radiosurgical treatment of multiple brain metastases using five linac machines

Y Sakai, K Kubo, H Monzen, Y Ueda… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This study aimed to find descriptors that correlates with normal brain dose to
determine the feasibility of performing fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for …