Impact of a micromultileaf collimator on stereotactic radiotherapy of uveal melanoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 881-891

  Georg, Dietmar ^a,b   Dieckmann, Karin ^a   Bogner, Joachim ^a   Zehetmayer, Martin ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dynamic arc; Intensity modulation; Micromultileaf collimator; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IRRADIATION; NEUROLOGY; ONCOLOGY;

STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY (SRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS; MONITORING; OPTIC NERVE; PARAMETER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0037443510     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04119-6     Document Type: Article

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