Commissioning of a micro multi-leaf collimator and planning system for stereotactic radiosurgery

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-335

  Cosgrove, Vivian P ^a   Jahn, Ulrich ^a   Pfaender, Mathias ^a   Bauer, Susanne ^a   Budach, Volker ^a   Wurm, Reinhard E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Dosimetry; Micro multi leaf collimator; MLC; Radiosurgery planning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032951630     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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