Computed tomography slice-by-slice target-volume delineation for stereotactic proton irradiation of large intracranial arteriovenous malformations: An iterative approach using angiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 555-564

  Levy, Richard P ^a,b,c   Schulte, Reinhard W M ^a   Frankel, Kenneth A ^a,b,c   Steinberg, Gary K ^c   Marks, Michael P ^c,d   Lane, Barton ^d   Heilbronn, Lawrence H ^b   Meinass, Helmut J ^a   Galindo, Rosemary A ^a   Slater, Jerry D ^a   Slater, James M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AVMs; CT; Iterative target delineation; MRI; Multimodality imaging; Protons; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0030175951     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)80019-8     Document Type: Article

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