Treatment planning optimization for linear accelerator radiosurgery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 183-197

  Meeks, Sanford L ^a   Buatti, John M ^a   Bova, Francis J ^a   Friedman, William A ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal; Linac; Optimization; Radiosurgery; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ALGORITHM; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CUSHING DISEASE; GAMMA RADIATION; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032054760     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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