Abstract
“Radiosurgery” is a somewhat provocative term for a special concept of radiotherapy (Leksell 1951). It describes a percutaneous, stereotactically guided irradiation delivering a single high dose with collimated narrow beams. The precise stereotactic localization of the target point and a steep dose gradient outside the target volume allow the administration of high doses to a lesion without damage of adjacent normal tissue.
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Kimmig, B.N., Engenhart, R., Sturm, V. (1991). External Stereotactic Focal Irradiation. In: Sauer, R. (eds) Interventional Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84163-7_10
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