Defining the superior border of posterior fossa radiation treatment fields

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 625-629

  Drayer, Jeffrey A ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a   Bentel, Gunilla ^a   Halperin, Edward C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Field design; Posterior fossa; Quality assurance; Radiation therapy; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031800550     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00075-3     Document Type: Article

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