Patient positioning in static beams for boron neutron capture therapy of malignant glioma

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 381-387

  Wielopolski, Lucian ^a,b   Capala, Jacek ^a   Pendzick, Noreen E ^a   Chanana, Arjun D ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Bldg 490 D ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

BNCT; Brain tumor; Glioblastoma; Patient positioning; Static beams

Indexed keywords

BORON;

ARTICLE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIATION DOSE; SEDATION; SIMULATION;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION;

EID: 0034522416     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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