Extracranial radiation doses in patients undergoing gamma knife radiosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 553-560

  Yu, Cheng ^a   Luxton, Gary ^a   Apuzzo, Michael L J ^a   MacPherson, Dana M ^b   Petrovich, Zbigniew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Gamma knife; Radiation dose; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STERNUM; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0030870347     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199709000-00009     Document Type: Article

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