Frameless stereotactic radiosurgery with mobile CT, mask immobilization and micro-multileaf collimators

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 82-85

  Takeuchi, H ^a   Yoshida, M ^a   Kubota, T ^a   Ishii, H ^a   Sato, K ^a   Handa, Y ^a   Itoh, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frameless stereotactic radiosurgery; Mask immobilization; Micro multileaf collimator; Mobile CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; RADIOSURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037979017     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39342     Document Type: Article

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