Quality assurance for the Leksell gamma unit: Considering magnetic resonance image-distortion and delineation failure in the targeting of the internal auditory canal

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 166-170

  Ertl, Adolf ^a   Saringer, Walter ^b   Heimberger, Karl ^b   Kindl, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Localization; MR distortion; Quality assurance; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

GAFCHROMIC FILMS; LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; PROCEDURAL STEPS; SPATIAL DEVIATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THERAPY PLANNING; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

QUALITY CONTROL;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0032938177     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598499     Document Type: Article

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