Radiosurgery Physics

Radiosurgery Physics provides scientific support to Gamma Knife Radiosurgery treatments at the National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery

In radiosurgery, instead of using a surgical knife when treating a patient, radiation is the tool of choice. Radiosurgery Physics is the service tasked with providing the scientific and technical support to ensure that all procedures and equipment are fully functioning and successful.

Collectively our Radiosurgery physics team have close to 100 years of experience in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. They have a reputation for attention to detail, which equips them well to ensure the accuracy of; the treatment machine; the imaging scanners used to scan patients; and the radiation dose planning computers used to construct the conformal plan which delivers maximum radiation to the abnormality while sparing adjacent normal tissue.

Our team

The service is led by Mr Lee Walton, Section Head & Consultant Clinical Scientist. Meet the team

Contact us

Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JF
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Treatments & conditions

Services Provided

  • Physics support for gamma knife treatments
  • Assurance and calibration
  • Gamma Knife support