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gamma knife

British  

noun

  1. an machine that uses radiation with extreme accuracy to destroy abnormal tissue, esp in the brain

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For example, just recently, the researchers of KTU Institute of Mechatronics have created the frame for immobilising the Gamma Knife radiosurgery patients at the Clinics of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.

From Science Daily

She has undergone emergency surgery to remove four, but is having treatment called gamma knife radio surgery - in which targeted beams of radiation are focussed on tumours - to remove the remaining seven.

From BBC

Gamma Knife radiosurgery does not actually require a surgical incision.

From Seattle Times

“Previously, with Gamma Knife treatment, we couldn’t test the patient’s response before we made a lesion,” Gerard says.

From Seattle Times

As with Gamma Knife radiosurgery, when the beams pass through, there is no effect until they converge on a single point and then the energy results in a biological effect or change.

From Seattle Times