Experimentally determined three-dimensional dose distributions in small complex targets

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2002, Pages 551-555

  Mack, Andreas ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Wolff, Robert ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Weltz, Dirk ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Mack, Gunther ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Jess, Anja ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Heck, Bernd ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Czempiel, Heinz ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Kreiner, Hans Jürg ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Wowra, Berndt ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Bottcher, Heinz ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Seiffert, Volker ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a Gamma Knife Center   (Germany)

^b Weltz EDV Consulting   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d GKS GmbH   (Germany)

^e Gamma Knife Center   (Germany)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex target; Film dosimetry; Gamma knife; Quality assurance; Quality factor; Radiosurgery; Small field size

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DOSE RESPONSE; FILM DOSIMETER; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0036895793     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.supplement_5.0551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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