Stereotactic radiosurgery XVI: Isodosimetric comparison of photon stereotactic radiosurgery techniques (gamma knife vs. micromultileaf collimator linear accelerator) for acoustic neuroma - And potential clinical importance

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1450-1459

  Perks, Julian Richard ^a   St George, Edward Jerome ^b   El Hamri, Karim ^a   Blackburn, Philip ^b   Plowman, Piers Nicholas ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b London Radiosurgical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Linear accelerator gamma knife comparison; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DRUG DOSAGE; FRACTIONATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; NEUROLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; TUMORS;

ISODOSIMETRY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SENSORY NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345257803     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)01580-3     Document Type: Article

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