Boosting central target dose by optimizing embedded dose hot spots for gamma knife radiosurgery

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Ma, Lijun ^a,b   Larson, David ^a   Petti, Paula ^a   Chuang, Cynthia ^a   Verhey, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Targeting; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 35348912779     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107357     Document Type: Article

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