An improved technique for comparing Gamma Knife dose-volume distributions in stereotactic radiosurgery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1905-1919

  Tozer Loft, Stephen M ^a   Walton, Lee ^b   Forster, David M C ^b   Kemeny, Andras A ^b  

^a WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DEVICE; HISTOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; DATA DISPLAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EYE NEOPLASMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0032790321     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/8/305     Document Type: Article

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