Talk:Gamma Knife

High or Low intensity?

The article states that "Gamma Knife radiosurgery is able to accurately focus many beams of high-intensity gamma radiation to converge ... . Each individual beam is of relatively low intensity, so the radiation has little effect on intervening brain tissue ..." How can the beams be both "high" and "low intensity"? It's my understanding that a gamma knife uses many low-intensity beams to deliver a high dose of radiation. Could a real specialist please elucidate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Callacatacat (talk • contribs) 05:59, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Spam

The second half of this article reads like it was writtin by the marketing department of a corporation.

"Because of the Leksell Gamma Knife system's accuracy and proven track record, physicians are confident in administering..." "Covered by all insurance providers" "Elekta, manufacturer of Leksell Gamma Knife, is currently the second largest supplier of radiotherapy equipment in the world, and the market leader in Europe.[citation needed] Leksell Gamma Knife remains the gold standard for stereotactic neurosurgery against which all other systems are compared.[citation needed] The new Elekta Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system increases the available treatment volume, allowing many more sites of treatment." —Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])

Accuracy

Text was: radiation dose that is solely confined on the tumor. It is physically impossible for the radiation to be solely confined to the tumor. Each gamma ray passes clear through the patient. The point is that all the gamma rays are focused on the tumor, so the dosage to the rest of the patient is spread out. Una Smith 16:38, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

External Links

changed IRSA link from a .com extension to the www.irsa.org url. irsa.com is a real estate service from argentina...

http://www.gammaknife.org does not conform to the nutshell principle. It is not a deep site and does not appear to be as relevant as other available resources.--Redunitone 17:55, 26 May 2007 (UTC) Gamma Knife Surgery[reply]

Performance

The statement, Leksell Gamma Knife is the gold standard for stereotactic neurosurgery against which all other systems are compared.[citation needed], sounds like a marketing statement. The concept here is that this treatment modality has a strong base of clinical literature, which is aready stated in the Efficacy and risk section bythe statement, Leksell Gamma Knife has been reviewed in over 2,000 publications with long-term follow-up studies on patients all demonstrating high clinical success rates.[citation needed] --Redunitone 18:12, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Move

I moved the article from "gamma knife" to "Gamma Knife". I had to delete a redirect to do it, but I felt that it was clear enough that the name should be capitalized to move it anyway. It is the name of a company's product and articles tend to follow the capitalization that the companies use in their names and the names of their products. An example is eBay. Also, the article consistently uses the capitalized version. If anyone disagrees, please let me know on my talk page and I will move it back, if appropriate (it might take me a while to get back to you because I am sick). You can also list the article on Wikipedia:Requested moves. -- Kjkolb 14:05, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to radiosurgery

Sounds like a good idea. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 12:11, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]