The accuracy of dose localization for an image-guided frameless radiosurgery system

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2043-2049

  Murphy, Martin J ^a   Cox, Richard S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

radiosurgery; radiotherapy; robotics

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MOTION TRACKING; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS; X RAY CAMERAS;

FRAME-BASED; FRAMELESS RADIOSURGERY; IMAGE-GUIDED; POINTING ACCURACY; RADIOSURGERY; REAL TIME; TARGETING PRECISION; TRACKING CAPABILITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; X RAY;

EID: 0030442722     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597771     Document Type: Article

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