Dosimetry of very-small (5-10 mm) and small (12.5-40 mm) Diameter cones and dose verification for radiosurgery with 6-MV X-ray beams

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 183-197

  Fan, C J ^a   Devanna, W G ^a   Leybovich, L B ^a   Kurup, R G ^a   Hopkins, B J ^a   Melian, E ^a   Anderson, D ^a   Glasgow, G P ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Linear accelerator; Radiosurgery; Small cones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; NEUROSURGERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; X RAY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOSURGERY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKULL; X-RAYS;

EID: 12644300619     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099447     Document Type: Article

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