Proton beam therapy for age-related macular degeneration: Development of a standard plan

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 233-238

  Adams, Judy A ^a   Paiva, Kenneth L ^a   Munzenrider, John E ^a   Miller, Joan W ^b   Gragoudas, Evangelos S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Retina Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

EYEPLAN; Standard automated plan; Subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes (age related macular degeneration)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEAM THERAPY; BLINDNESS; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STANDARD; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032804142     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(99)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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