A quality assurance program in stereotactic radiosurgery using the gamma knife unit

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 174, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 43-46

  Stuecklschweiger, Georg F ^b   Feichtinger, Karlheinz ^a  

^a Univ Klin fur Radiologie   (Austria)

^b Department of Radiology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dosimetrie; Gamma Knife; Quality assurance; Quality control

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ACCURACY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AUSTRIA; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031664750     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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