Extracranial radiosurgery using the CyberKnife

Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 226-231

  Romanelli, Pantaleo ^a   Chang, Steven D ^a   Koong, Albert ^a   Adler, John R ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberknife; Extracranial radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTIFACT; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG TUMOR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SPINE TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 4644328276     PISSN: 10772855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127927-200309030-00015     Document Type: Review

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