The use of a Leksell-BRW adapter for linac radiosurgery as an adjunct to Gamma Knife treatment

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4105-4110

  Ekstrand, Kenneth E ^a   Hinson, William H ^a   Bourland, J Daniel ^a   deGuzman, Allan F ^a   Stieber, Volker W ^a   Tatter, Steven B ^a   Ellis, Thomas L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; PATIENT TREATMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN;

GAMMA KNIFE TREATMENT; RADIO SURGERY;

SURGERY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

BRAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346336960     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/24/008     Document Type: Article

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