Impact of target point deviations on control and complication probabilities in stereotactic radiosurgery of AVMs and metastases

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-32

  Treuer, Harald ^a   Kocher, Martin ^b   Hoevels, Moritz ^a   Hunsche, Stefan ^a   Luyken, Klaus ^a   Maarouf, Mohammad ^a   Voges, Jürgen ^a   Müller, Rolf Peter ^b   Sturm, Volker ^a  

^a Department of Stereotaxy and Functional Neurosurgery ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Brain metastases; Quality assurance; Spatial accuracy; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CALCULATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NECROSIS; PROBABILITY; RADIOSURGERY; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749585610     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.08.022     Document Type: Article

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