Geometric accuracy of field alignment in fractionated stereotactic conformal radiotherapy of brain tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 921-926

  Kortmann, Rolf D ^a   Becker, Gerd ^a   Perelmouter, Jury ^a   Buchgeister, Markus ^a   Meisner, Christoph ^a   Bamberg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Conformal radiotherapy; Quality control; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; PHYSICS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032997889     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00456-8     Document Type: Article

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