Intra-fraction dose delivery timing during stereotactic radiotherapy can influence the radiobiological effect

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 481-484

  Murphy, Martin J ^a   Lin, Peck Sun ^a   Ozhasoglu, Cihat ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS; DOSE DELIVERY; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; LUNG TUMOR; RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; RADIOSURGERY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; LUNG TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 33846631295     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2409750     Document Type: Article

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