Improvement of radiological penumbra using intermediate energy photons (IEP) for stereotactic radiosurgery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2537-2548

  O'Malley, Lauren ^a   Pignol, Jean Philippe ^a   Beachey, David J ^a   Keller, Brian M ^a   Presutti, Joseph ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; SURGERY; TISSUE;

INTERMEDIATE ENERGY PHOTONS (IEP); RADIOLOGICAL PENUMBRA; RADIOSURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

TUNGSTEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INTERMEDIATE ENERGY PHOTON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646492530     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/10/012     Document Type: Article

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