Use of the Leksell Gamma Knife for Localized Small Field Lens Irradiation in Rodents

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 449-454

  DesRosiers, Colleen ^a   Mendonca, Marc S ^a   Tyree, Craig ^a   Moskvin, Vadim ^a   Bank, Morris ^a   Massaro, Leo ^a   Bigsby, Robert M ^a   Caperell Grant, Andrea ^a   Valluri, Shailaja ^a   Dynlacht, Joseph R ^b   Timmerman, Robert ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataractogenesis; Cataracts; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; RAT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 10744223297     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460300200510     Document Type: Article

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