Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 36-41 , Spring 2008

The Use of TLD and Gafchromic Film to Assure Submillimeter Accuracy for Image-Guided Radiosurgery

  • Anthony K. Ho, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Theresa Po Cyberknife Center, Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Anthony Ho, Ph.D., Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Cyberknife Center, 40 Stubbs Road, Hong Kong.
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  • Iris C. Gibbs, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
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  • Steve D. Chang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
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  • Bill Main, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Accuray, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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  • John R. Adler, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

Received 20 November 2006 ,Accepted 27 April 2007.

References 

  1. Ho A, Cotrutz C, Chang SD. Quality assurance of the Cyberknife fiducial and skull tracking systems. In:  Kondziolka D editors. Radiosurgery. Vol. 5:Basel: Karger; 2004;
  2. Adler JR, Murphy MJ, Chang SD. Image-guided robotic radiosurgery. Neurosurgery. 1999;44:1299–1307
  3. Chang SD, Main W, Martin DP, et al. An analysis of the accuracy of the Cyberknife: A robotic frameless stereotactic radiosurgical system. Neurosurgery. 2003;52:140–147
  4. Yu C, Main W, Taylor D, et al. An anthropomorphic phantom study of the accuracy of the CyberKnife spinal radiosurgery. Neurosurgery. 2004;55:1138–1149
  5. Ho A, Luxton G, Hai J, et al. Simplification to verify dose delivery accuracy using TLD and a head phantom for the Cyberknife system. (Abstr) Med Phys. 2002;29:1927

PII: S0958-3947(07)00106-9

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.04.009

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 36-41 , Spring 2008

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