Killing two birds with one stone: A dosimetric study of dual target radiosurgery using a single isocenter

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 613-617

  Roberge, David ^a   Ruo, Russell ^b   Souhami, Luis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

And Cerebral metastases; Micro multileaf collimator; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33846033935     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460600500609     Document Type: Article

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