Accuracy and stability of positioning in radiosurgery: Long term results of the Gamma Knife system

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1487-1495

  Heck, Bernhard ^a   Jess Hempen, Anja ^a   Kreiner, Hans Jürg ^b   Schöpgens, Hans ^c   Mack, Andreas ^d  

^a Gamma Knife Center Munich   (Germany)

^b GKS GmbH   (Germany)

^c Gamma Knife Center Krefeld   (Germany)

^d Gamma Knife Frankfurt   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy of irradiation positions; Long term stability; Quality assurance; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic; Target point deviation

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

IRRADIATION POSITION; LONG TERM STABILITY; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC; TARGET POINT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY FILM;

EID: 34147136007     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2710949     Document Type: Article

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