Initial clinical experience with the peacock intensity modulation of a 3-D conformal radiation therapy system

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 30-34

  Carol, Mark ^a   Grant III, Walter H ^b   Pavord, Daniel ^b   Eddy, Peggy ^b   Targovnik, Harris S ^b   Butler, Brian ^b   Woo, Shaio ^b   Figura, Judith ^b   Onufrey, Victor ^b   Grossman, Robert ^b   Selkar, Robert ^b  

^a NOMOS Corporation   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intensiy modulation; Peacock treatment; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10344230513     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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