Assessment of the uncertainties in dose delivery of a commercial system for linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 421-433

  Verellen, Dirk ^a   Linthout, Nadine ^a   Bel, Arjan ^a   Soete, Guy ^a   Van Den Berge, Dirk ^a   D' Haens, Jean ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dose delivery; Linac radiosurgery; Positional accuracy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032935358     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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