Trilogy Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Abstract Full integration of advanced imaging, noninvasive immobilization, positioning, and motion-management methods into radiosurgery have resulted in fundamental changes in therapeutic strategies and approaches that are leading us to the treatment room of the future. With the introduction of imag...

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Veröffentlicht in:Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists 2007, Vol.32 (2), p.121-133
Hauptverfasser: Huntzinger, Calvin, M.S, Friedman, William, M.D, Bova, Frank, Ph.D, Fox, Timothy, Ph.D, Bouchet, Lionel, Ph.D, Boeh, Lester, M.B.A
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Full integration of advanced imaging, noninvasive immobilization, positioning, and motion-management methods into radiosurgery have resulted in fundamental changes in therapeutic strategies and approaches that are leading us to the treatment room of the future. With the introduction of image-guided radiosurgery (IGRS) systems, such as Trilogy™, physicians have for the first time a practical means of routinely identifying and treating very small lesions throughout the body. Using new imaging processes such as positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans, clinics may be able to detect these lesions and then eradicate them with image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery treatments. Thus, there is promise that cancer could be turned into a chronic disease, managed through a series of checkups, and Trilogy treatments when metastatic lesions reappear.
ISSN:0958-3947
1873-4022
DOI:10.1016/j.meddos.2007.01.009