Fetal radiation doses for model C gamma knife radiosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 687-693

  Yu, Cheng ^a   Jozsef, Gabor ^a   Apuzzo, Michael L J ^a   MacPherson, Dana M ^a   Petrovich, Zbigniew ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^b   Goodwin, T Murphy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Fetal dose; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PHANTOM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037373364     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000048479.23069.24     Document Type: Article

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