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The study aims to evaluate the role of target irregularity in gamma knife treatment planning for vestibular schwannoma.

March 6, 2026Open Access

Evaluation of Target Irregularity as a Potential Parameter in Gamma Knife Treatment Planning: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study in Vestibular Schwannoma

Key Points

The study aims to evaluate the role of target irregularity in gamma knife treatment planning for vestibular schwannoma.
Retrospective cross-sectional study design
Analysis of various cases of vestibular schwannoma
Evaluation of morphological features of target volume
Identified a correlation between target irregularity and the number of required isocenters for treatment
Suggests that more irregular targets necessitate complex planning for effective treatment

Abstract

Fast inverse planning in radiosurgery planning is limited by an excessive number of isocenters, which is clinically hypothesized to be driven by the morphological irregularity of the target volume. This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to empirically evaluate this hypothesis in vestibular schwannoma cases.

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Wu et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69aa70e7531e4c4a9ff5b294 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14218/nsss.2025.00036

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