Treatment accuracy of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-59

  Kumar, Shaleen ^b,c   Burke, Kevin ^b   Nalder, Colin ^b   Jarrett, Paula ^b   Mubata, Cephas ^b   A'Hern, Roger ^b   Humphreys, Mandy ^b   Bidmead, Margaret ^b   Brada, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical target volume; Displacement; Planning target volume; Radiotherapy treatment delivery; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AUTOMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMOBILIZATION; MEASUREMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 15944381594     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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