Gli autori utilizzano una tecnica di radiochirurgia con acceleratore lineare dal 1982. La tecnica è basata su irradiazioni multiple ad archi intersecantisi focalizzate stereotassicamente su un bersaglio.
Dopo che una valutazione meccanica e dosimetrica ha dimostrato la validità della procedura, la tecnica è stata impiegata su un gruppo selezionato di pazienti. Dal novembre 1982 al marzo 1988 sono stati trattati 155 casi. Tra loro 72 erano affetti da malformazioni arterovenose cerebrali, 16 da gliomi a bassa malignità, 8 da neurinoma dell'acustico, 8 da meningiomi e 11 da tumori maligni radiosensibili: in questi gruppi di pazienti la tecnica si è dimostrata sicura ed efficace. I risultati vengono paragonati a quelli ottenuti con la Gamma Unit di Leksell e col Ciclotrone di Kjellberg.
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