Comparison of a micro-multileaf collimator with a 5-mm-leaf-width collimator for intracranial stereotactic radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1443-1449

  Monk, Jacqueline Elizabeth ^a   Perks, Julian Richard ^a   Doughty, David ^a   Plowman, Piers Nicholas ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal beams; Multileaf collimator; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE CULTURE;

DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS (DVH); INTRACRANIAL LESIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MENINGIOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0345689430     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)01579-7     Document Type: Article

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