Clinical implementation of an automated planning system for gamma knife radiosurgery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1488-1494

  Shepard, David M ^a   Chin, Lawrence S ^a   DiBiase, Steven J ^a   Naqvi, Shahid A ^a   Lim, Jinho ^b   Ferris, Michael C ^b  

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

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Inverse treatment planning; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TISSUE;

RADIOSURGERY;

TUMORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOGRAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037489647     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00440-1     Document Type: Article

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