Comparison of a multi-leaf collimator with conformal blocks for the delivery of stereotactically guided conformal radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-209

  Adams, Elizabeth J ^a   Cosgrove, Vivian P ^a   Shepherd, Stephen F ^a,c   Warrington, Alan P ^a   Bedford, James L ^a   Mubata, Cephas D ^b   Margaret Bidmead, A ^b   Brada, Micheal ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal; Multi leaf collimator; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DENSITOMETRY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033054565     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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