Gamma Knife als Alternative zur Resektion

Nursing perspective of gamma knife of treatment

Gamma knife is a new noninvasive method for treatment of patient with brain tumors. ‎Another name of this procedure is steriotatic radiosurgery.‎‏ ‏This computerized advanced ‎technique was implicated by a team including neurosurgeon, neuroradialogist, oncologist, and ‎a nurse. This method is used for treatment of certain brain tumors and lesions. The benefits are ‎l...

Wikis als Mittel zur Ontologieverfeinerung

Forschungsgruppen auf der ganzen Welt sind damit beschäftigt, die Vision des Semantic Web Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen. Dafür ist ein wesentlich höherer Grad der Datenstrukturierung und -annotierung nötig, als er im heutigen WWW anzutreffen ist. Es gibt viele verschiedene Ansätze zur Ontologiegewinnung aus bestehenden Datensammlungen, die zur Strukturierung dieser Sammlungen beitragen. Neben d...

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Acromegaly

Acromegaly is debilitating disease occasionally refractory to surgical and medical treatment. Stereotactic radiosurgery, and in particular Gamma Knife surgery (GKS), has proven to be an effective noninvasive adjunct to traditional treatments, leading to disease remission in a substantial proportion of patients. Such remission holds the promise of eliminating the need for expensive medications, ...

Optimization of gamma knife radiosurgery

The Gamma Knife is a highly specialized treatment unit that provides an advanced stereotactic approach to the treatment of tumors, vascular malformations, and pain disorders within the head. Inside a shielded treatment unit, beams from 201 radioactive sources are focused so that they intersect at the same location in space, resulting in a spherical region of high dose referred to as a shot of r...

Gamma Knife Dosimetry & Treatment Planning