An overview of radiosurgery applications in neurosurgery part 1: State- of-the-art radiosurgery

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 241-250

  Abdelaziz, Osama S ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Charged particle; Gamma knife; Linear accelerator; Radiosurgery; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0032747905     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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