Variation in the isocentre of a Philips linear accelerator (SL-20) used for stereotactic radiosurgery/stereotactic radiotherapy

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 342-345

  D'Souza, H ^a   Joshi, R C ^a   Ganesh, T ^a   Subramani, V ^a   Vasu, G ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Julka, P K ^a   Rath, G K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Isocentre; Quality assurance; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0032768378     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.433691.x     Document Type: Article

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