Novalis® Shaped Beam Radiosurgery has set new standards by delivering highly precise radiation treatments to tumors anywhere in the body through the use of a proprietary multileaf collimator. By shaping the radiation beam to the exact contours of the tumor or lesion, Novalis permits maximum dose delivery to the entire tumor while protecting healthy tissue; this makes it eminently suitable for the treatment of irregularly shaped tumors. This book provides a complete guide to radiosurgery treatments with Novalis. After a thorough discussion of the clinical and technical basis for Shaped Beam Radiosurgery, current clinical applications are considered in detail, including brain, body, skull base, and spinal tumors as well as arteriovenous malformations. Careful consideration is also given to future developments and applications, including new technologies that promise to offer even more accurate treatments. This state-of-the-art book will appeal to a wide audience of physicians and their multidisciplinary clinical and technical collaborators.

Introduction

I: Clinical & Technical Basis for Shaped Beam Radiosurgery: 10 Yrs of Shaped Beam RS at UCLA
Shaped Beam SRS
Delivery Techniques
Image Guidance
Monte Carlo Planning
QA/Dosimetric Evaluation
Fractionation & Radiobiology
RapidArc Radiosurgery
II: Cranial and Skull Base Applications: AVM
Meningiomas
Acoustic Neuromas
Pituitary Adenomas
Craniopharyngiomas
Metastases
Gliomas
Chordomas
Rare & Unusual CNS Tumors
III: Spinal Applications: Spinal Cord Tolerance
Malignant Spinal Lesions
Benign Spinal Lesions
Skull-Base Malignant Tumors
Spinal AVMs
IV: Non-CNS Extracranial Applications: Head & Neck
Liver+Lung
Lung clinical
Liver
Pancreas
Prostate (Soete)
V: Functional and Future: Frame-Based & Frameless Precision: Trigeminal Neuralgia
Movement Disorders
Epilepsy
Spinal Ganglia
Spinal SRS and QOL Improvement
Future Applications
Subject Index