Chained lightning, part II: Neurosurgical principles, radiosurgical technology, and the manipulation of energy beam delivery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-446

  Hoh, Daniel J ^a   Liu, Charles Y ^a   Chen, Joseph C T ^b   Pagnini, Paul G ^a   Yu, Cheng ^a   Wang, Michael Y ^a   Apuzzo, Michael L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical technology; Minimally invasive surgery; Radiation oncology; Radiation physics; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PORTRAITS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 34548821253     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000290888.54578.F5     Document Type: Review

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