Concomitant GRID boost for Gamma Knife radiosurgery

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3419-3423

  Ma, Lijun ^a   Kwok, Young ^a   Chin, Lawrence S ^a   Simard, J Marc ^a   Regine, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concomitant boost; EUD; Gamma Knife; GRID; NTCP; TCP; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

CONCOMITANT BOOST; GAMMA KNIFE; GRID; NTCP; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER CONTROL; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 28044432550     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2068887     Document Type: Article

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