Robotic radiosurgery with noncylindrical collimators

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-134

  Schweikard, Achim ^a,c   Adler, John R ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geometric reasoning; Image guided surgery; Medical robotics; Radiation therapy; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; ROBOTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOSURGERY; ROBOTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030755237     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0150(1997)2:2<124::AID-IGS5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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