Improved targeting device and computer navigation for accurate placement of brachytherapy needles

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1796-1801

  Pappas, Ion P I ^a   Ryan, Paul ^a   Cossmann, Peter ^b   Kowal, Jens ^a   Borgeson, Blake ^a   Caversaccio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Navigation; Needle; Positioning; Skull base; Targeting; Tumor

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; BRACHYTHERAPY; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; MECHANICAL POSITIONING; POSITIONING; POSITIONING ACCURACY; SKULL BASE; TARGETING;

NEEDLES;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; NEEDLE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

EID: 21144455590     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1901363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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