External radiotherapy in macular degeneration: Technique and preliminary subjective response

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue , 1997, Pages 247-252

  Freire, Jorge ^a   Longton, Wallace A ^a   Miyamoto, Curtis T ^a   Brady, Luther W ^a   Augsburger, James ^b   Brown, Gary ^b   Micaily, Bizhan ^a   Unda, Ricardo ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETINA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030629527     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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