An efficient method of measuring the 4 mm helmet output factor for the Gamma Knife

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 729-733

  Ma, Lijun ^a   Li, X Allen ^a   Yu, Cedric X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; X RAY FILM;

FILM DOSIMETRY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0034021168     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/3/311     Document Type: Article

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