Dose distributions at extreme irradiation depths of gamma knife radiosurgery: EGS4 Monte Carlo calculations

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 461-465

  Cheung, J Y C ^a,b   Yu, K N ^b   Yu, C P ^a   Ho, R T K ^a  

^a Canossa Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; GammaPlan; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SKULL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0035150371     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00283-9     Document Type: Article

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