A CT-based computerized treatment planning system for I-125 stereotactic brain implants

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 445-454

  Weaver, Keith ^a   Smith, Vernon ^a   Lewis, James D ^a   Lulu, Bruce ^a   Barnett, Colleen M ^a   Leibel, Steven A ^b   Gutin, Philip ^a   Larson, David ^a   Phillips, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery University of California ^*

Author keywords

Brachytherapy CT treatment planning; Brain implant; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; STEREOTAXIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0025213434     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(90)90114-Y     Document Type: Article

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