Noninvasive patient fixation for extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 521-527

  Lohr, Frank ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a,b   Frank, Claudia ^a   Herfarth, Klaus ^a   Pastyr, Otto ^b   Rhein, Bernhard ^b   Bahner, Malte L ^b   Schlegel, Wolfgang ^b   Wannenmacher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractionated extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy; Noninvasive patient immobilization; Paraspinal tumors; Setup accuracy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHORDOMA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; SPINE TUMOR; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CASTS, SURGICAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MASKS; PHYSICS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0032817892     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00190-X     Document Type: Article

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