Cyberknife Image-Guided Delivery and Quality Assurance

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Dieterich, Sonja ^a   Pawlicki, Todd ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CyberKnife; Image guidance; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SPECIFICATIONS; SURGERY;

CYBERKNIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY TECHNOLOGIES; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MECHANICS; MOVEMENT; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41749093434     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.081     Document Type: Article

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