Leksell Gamma Knife Icon – Clinical Introductory Course (MCI)

This course is held at The Miami Cancer Institute Department of Radiation Oncology and the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine for Radiation Oncologists, neurosurgeons, medical physicists and other healthcare professionals interested in Leksell Gamma Knife Icon radiosurgery training.

This educational program provides an opportunity to enhance the practitioner’s knowledge about the practical aspects of stereotactic radiosurgery using the Gamma Knife Icon. Participants will review clinical implications and clinical outcomes of radiosurgery, identify radiation safety principals, and apply treatment planning considerations and principals of stereotactic radiosurgery treatment hardware.

Learning Objectives

• Recognize the basic principles and physics of radiosurgery and how they relate to day-to-day patient treatment.
• Review the clinical implications, treatment parameters and clinical outcomes of radiosurgery.
• Identify radiation safety principles and potential issues of radiosurgery and review emergency procedures.
• Apply principles of stereotactic frame and mask application, imaging and radiosurgery treatment hardware. ​

Learning Type: Classroom

Subject: Radiosurgery Solutions

Available Languages: English

Duration: 4 days

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