Agenda

Cleveland Clinic Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ Upgrade Course (3 day course)

This course will begin at 8:15 AM on Monday and end at 3:30 PM on Wednesday. Return flights should not be scheduled before 5:30 PM on Wednesday. You MUST attend all lectures to receive a certificate of attendance.

Tuesday Highlights
  • Evolution of Gamma Knife to Perfexion – Features and benefits
  • Stereotactic Frame – Changes to Application and Use
  • Perfexion Technical Description & Physics
  • Radiation Safety
  • Hands-on Perfexion Technical Description
    • Radiation Unit
    • Patient Positioning System
    • Control System
  • Hands-on Perfexion Safety
    • Quality Assurance
    • Emergency Procedures
  • Introduction to Leksell Gamma Plan PFX – Basic Workflow & Features
  • Treatment According to Plan
Wednesday Highlights
  • Frame Application & Imaging Demonstration
  • Planning Demonstration
    • Current Indications
    • Clinical Evidence and Utilization
  • Treatment Demonstration
  • Hands-on Leksell GammaPlan PFX and Perfexion
    • Treatment Planning
    • Treatment Workflow
  • Perfexion Planning Strategy
  • Hands-on Perfexion - Clearance Procedures
  • Dinner
Thursday Highlights
  • Frame Application Demonstration
  • Calibration and Practical Physics
  • NRC regulations for Perfexion
  • Hands-on Leksell Gamma Plan – TPSADMIN
  • Hands-on Leksell GammaPlan PFX and Perfexion
    • Treatment Planning
    • Treatment Workflow
  • Course Review
  • Course Evaluation and Presentation of Certificates
  • Adjourn

Cleveland Clinic Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ Introductory Course (5 day course)

This course will begin at 8:15 AM on Monday and end at 1:30 PM on Friday. Return flights should not be scheduled before 3:30 PM on Friday. You MUST attend all lectures to receive a certificate of attendance.

Monday Highlights
  • Basic Principles of Radiosurgery
  • Evolution of Gamma Knife to Perfexion
  • Stereotactic Frame – Application and Use
  • Radiosurgery Physics
  • Hands-on Perfexion Technical Description
    • Radiation Unit
    • Patient Positioning System
    • Control System
  • Hands-on Perfexion Safety
    • Quality Assurance
    • Emergency Procedures
  • Introduction to Leksell Gamma Plan PFX - Basic Workflow & Features
  • Nursing Issues
Tuesday Highlights
  • Frame Application & Imaging Demonstration
  • Normal Radiation Tissue Tolerances and Radiosurgery for Benign Tumors
  • Basic Radiobiology
  • Planning Demonstration
  • Current Indications - Clinical Evidence and Utilization
  • Treatment Demonstration
  • Hands-on Leksell GammaPlan PFX and Perfexion
    • Treatment Planning
    • Treatment Workflow
  • Perfexion Planning Strategy
  • Hands-on Perfexion - Clearance Procedures
  • Radiation Safety
Wednesday Highlights
  • Frame Application Demonstration
  • Lecture on Calibration and Practical Physics
  • NRC regulations for Perfexion
  • Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases
  • Radiosurgery for Gliomas
  • Tour of Radiation Oncology or Harvey Cushing's Grave
  • Hands-on Leksell GammaPlan PFX and Perfexion
    • Treatment Planning
    • Treatment Workflow
  • Gamma Knife System Nuances
Thursday Highlights
  • Radiosurgery for Arteriovenous Malformations
  • AVM Planning Demonstration
  • Hands-on Leksell GammaPlan PFX and Perfexion
    • Treatment Planning
    • Treatment Workflow
  • Functional Neurosurgery and the Gamma Knife
  • Stereotactic Image Distortion and Historical Errors
  • Dinner
Friday Highlights
  • Coding and Reimbursement –or- Commissioning of Gamma Knife
  • Hands-on Leksell Gamma Plan – TPSADMIN
  • Hands-on Leksell GammaPlan PFX and Perfexion
    • Treatment Planning
    • Treatment Workflow
  • Course Review
  • Course Evaluation and Presentation of Certificates
  • Adjourn

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