Brain Radiation Therapy

Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) is a type of Radiation Therapy used to treat functional abnormalities and small tumors of the brain. SRS can deliver precisely-targeted radiation in fewer high-dose treatments than traditional therapy.

AlignRT® monitoring of the head enables the high accuracy required for SRS. This more patient friendly approach to SRS is proven to provide the same accuracy as the more invasive techniques and has been shown to deliver comparable outcomes to more invasive approaches.1-17

 

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Pham NL, et al. Frameless, real-time, surface imaging-guided radiosurgery: Update on clinical outcomes for brain metastases. Translational Cancer Research 2014;3 (4):351-357.

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Lau S et al. Clinical efficacy and safety of surface imaging guided radiosurgery (SIG-RS) in the treatment of benign skull base tumors. J Neurooncol (2017) 132:307–312

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Peng et al. Characterization of a real-time surface image-guided stereotactic positioning system. Med Phys. 2010 Oct;37(10):5421-33.

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Baker et al. Trigeminal Rhizotomy Performed with Modern Image-guided Linac: Case Report, Cureus, 5(9), 139, 2013

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Cerviño et al. Initial clinical experience with a frameless and maskless stereotactic radiosurgery treatment. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2012 Jan-Mar;2(1):54-62.

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Lau et al. Single-Isocenter Frameless Volumetric Modulated Arc Radiosurgery for Multiple Intracranial Metastases. Neurosurgery. 2015 Aug;77(2):233-40;

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Li et al. Clinical experience with two frameless stereotactic radiosurgery (fSRS) systems using optical surface imaging for motion monitoring. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2015 Jul 8;16(4):5416.

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Li et al. Motion monitoring for cranial frameless stereotactic radiosurgery using video-based three-dimensional optical surface imaging. Med Phys. 2011 Jul;38(7):3981-94.

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Li et al. Optical Surface Imaging for Online Rotation Correction and Real‐Time Motion Monitoring with Threshold Gating for Frameless Cranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery, M9ed. Phys., Volume 38, 3711, 2011

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Mancosu et al. Accuracy evaluation of the optical surface monitoring system on EDGE linear accelerator in a phantom study. Med Dosim. 2016 Summer;41(2):173-9

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Wen et al. Characteristics of a novel treatment system for linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2015 Jul 8;16(4):5313.

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Wen et at. Technical Note: Evaluation of the systematic accuracy of a frameless, multiple image modality guided, linear accelerator based stereotactic radiosurgery system. Med Phys. 2016 May;43(5):2527,

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Wiersma et al. Spatial and temporal performance of 3D optical surface imaging for real-time head position tracking. Med Phys. 2013 Nov;40(11):111712.

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Cerviño et al. Frame-less and mask-less cranial stereotactic radiosurgery: a feasibility study. Phys Med Biol. 2010 Apr 7;55(7):1863-73

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Wiersma et al. Spatial and temporal performance of 3D optical surface imaging for real-time head position tracking. Med Phys. 2013 Nov;40(11):111712.

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Cerviño et al. Frame-less and mask-less cranial stereotactic radiosurgery: a feasibility study. Phys Med Biol. 2010 Apr 7;55(7):1863-73