Use of a 1 mm collimator to test the accuracy of stereotactic radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 579-586

  Tsai, Jen San ^a,b   Curran, Bruce H ^a,c   Sternick, Edward S ^a,c   Engler, Mark J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NOMOS Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Collimator; Isocenter; Linear accelerator; Quality assurance; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0030175738     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(96)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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