Implementation of a stereotactic radiotherapy system

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 145-152

  Ebert, M A ^a   Perry, A M ^b   Harper, C S ^a,c  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Perth Radiation Oncology Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

BRAIN DISEASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CAMERAS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033233343     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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