Quality assurance in stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy according to DIN 6875-1

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 235-243

  Mack, A ^a,c,g   Mack, G ^b,c   Scheib, S ^f   Czempiel, H ^d   Kreiner, H J ^d   Lomax, N J ^f   Gianolini, S ^f   Rieker, M ^c   Weltz, D ^c   Wolff, R ^a   Muacevic, A ^d   Wowra, B ^e   Bottcher H D ^a   Seifert, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c PTGR GmbH   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Gamma Knife Center Munich   (Germany)

^f KLINIK IM PARK   (Switzerland)

^g Gamma Knife Zentrum/GKF GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DIN 6875 1; Quality assurance; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Sterotactic radiotherapy; System test

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HELMET; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICS; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 20144384864     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083175     Document Type: Article

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