Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 121-133, Summer 2007

Trilogy Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery

  • Calvin Huntzinger, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Calvin Huntzinger, M.S., Varian Medical Systems, 3100 Hansen Way, MS-263, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
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  • William Friedman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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  • Frank Bova, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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  • Timothy Fox, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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  • Lionel Bouchet, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA
    • ,
  • Lester Boeh, M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA

Accepted 11 January 2007.

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.

Key Words: Trilogy, Trilogy treatment, Image-guided radiosurgery, IGRS, SRS, Cone beam CT, IMRS

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PII: S0958-3947(07)00010-6

doi:10.1016/j.meddos.2007.01.009

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 121-133, Summer 2007

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