Analyses of multi-irradiation film for system alignments in stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) and radiosurgery (SRS)

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1597-1620

  Tsai, Jen San ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STEREOTAXIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; SOFTWARE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0029842699     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/9/003     Document Type: Article

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