A comparison of arc-based and static mini-multileaf collimator-based radiosurgery treatment plans

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-93

  Kubo, Hideo Dale ^a   Pappas, Conrad T E ^b,c   Wilder, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose volume histograms; Isodose distributions; Mini multileaf collimator; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030777192     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00104-7     Document Type: Article

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