Fractionated Radiotherapy Techniques

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-110

  Bauman, Glenn ^a   Wong, Eugene ^a   McDermott, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MASK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 33745461366     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2006.02.002     Document Type: Review

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