Miniature multileaf collimator as an alternative to traditional circular collimators for stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-62

  Urie, Marcia M ^a   Lo, Y C ^b   Litofsky, S ^a   Fitzgerald, T J ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Miniature multileaf collimator; Radiosurgery techniques; Stereotactic radiotherapy techniques

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; DOSE CALCULATION; EVALUATION; HISTOGRAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0035737046     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056494     Document Type: Article

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