Effects of irradiation geometry on treatment plan optimization with linac-based radiosurgery

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1399-1406

  Phillips, Mark H ^a   Stelzer, Keith J ^a   Mayberg, Marc R ^a   Winn, H Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dosimetry; linear accelerator; radiosurgery; stereotactic

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

AUTOMATED PLANNING; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; IRRADIATION GEOMETRIES; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0029791316     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597723     Document Type: Article

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