Trigeminal neuralgia treatment dosimetry of the Cyberknife

There are 2 Cyberknife units at Stanford University. The robot of 1 Cyberknife is positioned on the patient's right, whereas the second is on the patient's left. The present study examines whether there is any difference in dosimetry when we are treating patients with trigeminal neuralgia...

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Published inMedical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Vol. 37; no. 1; p. 42
Main Authors Ho, Anthony, Lo, Anthony T, Dieterich, Sonja, Soltys, Scott G, Gibbs, Iris C, Chang, Steve G, Adler, John R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 2012
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Humans
Radiometry - methods
Radiosurgery - methods
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods
Treatment Outcome
Trigeminal Neuralgia - surgery
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Summary:There are 2 Cyberknife units at Stanford University. The robot of 1 Cyberknife is positioned on the patient's right, whereas the second is on the patient's left. The present study examines whether there is any difference in dosimetry when we are treating patients with trigeminal neuralgia when the target is on the right side or the left side of the patient. In addition, we also study whether Monte Carlo dose calculation has any effect on the dosimetry. We concluded that the clinical and dosimetric outcomes of CyberKnife treatment for trigeminal neuralgia are independent of the robot position. Monte Carlo calculation algorithm may be useful in deriving the dose necessary for trigeminal neuralgia treatments.
ISSN:1873-4022
DOI:10.1016/j.meddos.2010.12.012