Fetal and ovarian radiation dose in patients undergoing gamma knife radiosurgery

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-41

  Ioffe, Vladimir ^a   Hudes, Richard S ^a,b   Shepard, David ^a   Simard, J Marc ^a   Chin, Lawrence S ^a   Yu, Cedric ^a  

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

^b ST AGNES HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Fetus; Gamma knife; Ovary; Radiation dose; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN INJURY; COLLIMATOR; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; PHANTOM; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OVARY; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PRONE POSITION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0036661778     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00742-5     Document Type: Article

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