Upgrade Course

The upgrade course is a three-day course, that covers the following topics:

• Patient observations:
  • Stereotactic frame placement
  • Mask simulation and treatment delivery
• Planning and practice with the treatment planning system
• Literature review, frame placement, imaging specifics, and doses/critical structures for:
  • Brain metastases
  • Acoustic neuroma
  • Meningioma pituitary adenoma
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • AVM
• Mask-based fractionation, distributed, and staged radiosurgery for:
  • Brain metastases
  • Acoustic neuroma
  • Meningioma
  • Pituitary adenoma
  • AVM
• Gamma Knife Icon-specific safety issues
• Gamma Knife Icon-specific physics considerations
• Pediatric anesthesia
• Gamma Knife Icon mask-based problems and solutions