Evaluation of a novel software application for magnetic resonance distortion correction in cranial stereotactic radiosurgery.

This study aimed to validate a novel commercially available software for correcting spatial distortion in cranial magnetic resonance (MR) images. This software has been used to assess the dosimetric impact of MR distortion in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) treatments of vestibular schwannomas (VSs). Five MR datasets were intentionally distorted.

A dosimetric evaluation of the Eclipse AAA algorithm and Millennium 120 MLC for cranial intensity-modulated radiosurgery.

The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of a convolution-based algorithm (anisotropic analytical algorithm [AAA]) implemented in the Eclipse planning system for intensity-modulated radiosurgery (IMRS) planning of small cranial targets by using a 5-mm leaf-width multileaf collimator (MLC). Overall, 24 patient-based IMRS plans for cranial lesions of variable size (0.3 to 15.

Feasibility of an online adaptive replanning method for cranial frameless intensity-modulated radiosurgery.

To introduce an approach for online adaptive replanning (i.e., dose-guided radiosurgery) in frameless stereotactic radiosurgery, when a 6-dimensional (6D) robotic couch is not available in the linear accelerator (linac).

Radiation therapy alone in elderly with early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

Background: Radiation therapy (RT) alone is frequently used in elderly patients with medically inoperable early stage (I/II) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We retrospectively investigated the effectiveness of RT alone in this patient population treated in our institution.

Material And Methods: Between 1995 and 1999, a total of 33 patients were treated with RT alone in our institution, all being males.